President's column
I was pleased to represent local government at the recent meeting of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) in Canberra where commitment was made by COAG Leaders to explore fundamental changes to our Federation that will drive economic reform and secure better outcomes for all Australians.
Although discussion on the day centred mostly on health and taxation, we cannot lose sight of some of the other significant issues that COAG dealt with
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Public consultation underway for ERF safety mechanism benchmarks
From 1 July 2016, the Emissions Reduction Fund's (ERF) safeguard mechanism will commence to ensure emissions reductions contracted through the ERF are not offset by significant increases in emissions above business-as-usual levels elsewhere in the economy.
As set out in the Safeguard Mechanism Consultation Paper in March 2015, benchmarks will be established for new industrial projects that commence post 2020.
This will help reduce Australia's emissions and improve the health of the environment.
Passengers and freight compete for city space
The Grattan Institute has released a report, Roads to riches: better transport spending, which finds that although Australia's large cities are the engines of our economic growth, vital urban freight and passenger routes have not been prioritised, putting passengers and freight in competition for city space.
The report says that even if passenger travel and household freight demand do no more than increase in line with population growth, competition for space on city transport networks
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Connecting communities to parks
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