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Glebe · GlebeLocal government’s peak body is calling for budget funding for standardised kerbside bins across Australia, saying this will help reduce 31 Sydney Opera Houses worth of landfill a year.
Linda Scott ALGA’s 2024-25 Budget submission calls for $120 million over four years to standardise kerbside bins and implement a national education campaign. Confusion around which waste can be recycled and which kerbside bin should be used is a barrier to reduc…See the Story
Bin standardisation tops ALGA Budget wish list
Infrastructure · GlebeVictoria’s infrastructure is set to fail more often without action to adapt to climate change, according to the state’s independent infrastructure advisory body.
Dr Jonathan Spear Infrastructure Victoria’s latest research, titled Weathering the storm, says climate change presents a ‘real and accelerating danger’ to the state’s infrastructure assets. It makes seven recommendations about how the state government can improve climate change adaptat…See the Story
Victorian infrastructure set to fail as climate change bites: report
Glebe · GlebeAustralia’s largest ever single tender for renewable energy will be held in May under the national Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS), which is designed to encourage new investment in dispatchable and variable renewable energy.
Penny Sharpe: win for NSW The CIS tender will target six gigawatts of wind and solar energy for the National Electricity Market, as the government seeks to accelerate the rollout of wind, solar and storage projects. A mark…See the Story
Biggest ever renewables tender announced
Glebe · GlebeThe independent pricing regulator has quietly dropped a review of the financial model for local government that was announced earlier this year.
Carmel Donnelly: told to drop review IPART called for submissions for the inquiry in January, flagging plans to review the financial and operational performance of councils, including whether the current funding system delivered value for money and could sustainably support community needs. However in…See the Story
IPART quietly drops review of local government financial model
Tech · GlebeA small survey of Australian tech leaders shows that most believe AI will become the defining technology of 2024, according to new research by the peak tech industry body.
Ryan Black The report summarises the findings from a survey carried out between December 2023 and January 2024 by the Tech Council of Australia (TCA) which received 46 responses. TCA acting CEO Ryan Black says generative AI has the potential to add up to $115 billion to the n…See the Story
Tech leaders believe AI will dominate 2024 trends
Tourism · GlebeAs CEO of Australia’s first statutory place-branding authority, Todd Babiak knows a thing or two about the topic, and he’ll be sharing some of that knowledge at the Place Branding Australia conference in Sydney.
Todd Babiak During his address to the conference in June, Babiak will showcase Tasmania as a case study in place branding, and unpack how the strategy has helped the state respond to challenges and opportunities around tourism, trade, i…See the Story
Tasmanian Place Branding boss to speak at conference
Glebe · GlebeTelstra’s former retail boss Kevin Russell is joining NBN Co as a non-executive director to the Board.
Kevin Russell Mr Russell has had a 20 year career in the telecommunications industry, having previously worked in senior executive positions at Optus, Hutchison Telecoms and UK mobile network operator Three. Most recently he was Managing Director and CEO of Vocus Group. Communications minister Michelle Rowland says the appointment of Mr Russel…See the Story
Former Telstra retail boss latest NBN Co appointment
Corruption · GlebeVictoria’s independent anti-corruption body considered more than 4,300 allegations and almost 2000 complaints against Victoria Police last year.
Deputy IBAC Commissioner Stephen Farrow: significant work investigating police misconduct IBAC’s latest annual snapshot of its police oversight role, released on April 17, provides an overview of police complaints it received in the 2023 calendar year, as well as information on monitoring, investigatio…See the Story
