Habitat Australia articles from December 1997

Habitat Australia archives from December 1997

DESK DIARY.
December 1, 1997... Items of interest that have landed on the Habitat desk. Clarification on Bradshaw Training Area Major Richard Sharp of the Environmental Practice Section, Defence Estate Organisation in Canberra wishes to clarify issues raised in a...

CAMPAIGN TRAILS.
December 1, 1997... An update on ACF's campaign activities Conserving the Great Ocean Road The Great Ocean Road is an international tourist icon. Less well known is its diverse native vegetation -- coastal heathlands, woodlands, cool temperate...

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Prodevelopment government under post-election pressure.
December 1, 1997... In 1993, as a result of the collapse of the State Bank of South Australia, the South Australian Liberals were swept to power, winning 37 seats to the ALP's 10. The economy and jobs were promised as the new government's main focuses. During...

NEW SOUTH WALES: Dirty water threatens to stain Sydney Olympics image.
December 1, 1997... Yet another major infrastructure project is being fast-tracked for the Olympics. This time the government's concern is that the aesthetics of Sydney Harbour may suffer from stormwater and sewer outflows if it rains in September 2000. So Sydney...

VICTORIA: Hands off our Parks.
December 1, 1997... One of the key achievements claimed by the Victorian Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) in its 1992-93 annual report, was that the planning Minister Rob Maclellan, had `generally adopted its planning policy'. The last few years in...

QUEENSLAND: Urgent need to reclaim coast from the developers.
December 1, 1997... Queensland continues to be the only state that allows dryland coastal reclamation. Neither the Land Sales and Titles Amendment Bill nor the Integrated Planning Act provide for adequate coastal protection or guided coastal developments. ...

NORTHERN TERRITORY: Gorge proposal drains freedom.
December 1, 1997... Community consultation and government accountability continues to be given a low priority in the Northern Territory. Highlighting the need for a Freedom of information Act came the clandestine decision by the Parks and Wildlife Commission NT to...

Vale Nugget Coombs.
December 1, 1997... ACF President, David Yencken, has paid tribute to Dr H. C. (Nugget) Coombs, who died in October. Nugget Coombs was ACF President between 1977 and 1979. `Nugget Coombs was truly one of Australia's greatest treasures. He made his mark on...

Campaigning for Kakadu.
December 1, 1997... Each year the Australian Conservation Foundation remembers the remarkable contribution to the environment made by Peter Rawlinson, who died tragically in 1991 while undertaking field research in Indonesia. His concern for the environment is...

The bilbies are back in South Australia.
December 1, 1997... The fate of four young bilbies now living on Thistle Island, just off the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, could hold the key to the national recovery of the species. The October release of bilbies onto the island ended a sixty-year...

Jim Downey's new direction.
December 1, 1997... Jim Downey resigned in October as Executive Director of ACE in order to pursue other strategies to campaign for the environment. During his two years at the helm, and his six years involved as Councillor and Treasurer of ACE Jim brought a...

Suharto government playing with fire.
December 1, 1997... It has been called one of the worst episodes of human-caused air pollution. The spread of smoke from forest fires raging in the Indonesian states of Kalimantan and Sumatra into areas of southern Thailand and the Philippines, has seriously...

Dreams among the dreaming.
December 1, 1997... The Cape York Land Council has lodged a native tide claim application for Shelburne Bay oil behalf of the Wuthathi people, the traditional owners of the area on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula. The stunning white silica Sands of...

THE GREAT SOUTH LAND.
December 1, 1997... Ken Duncan believes it is the most important book he has ever produced. `I have a passion to bring to people an experience of the land we live in. It's hard to get them out there in the wilds, so in this book they can share the journey and...

PUT YOUR stamp ON ACF.
December 1, 1997... The recently launched Advantage Australia program is designed to cut imports and to reduce unemployment, but it could also help fund ACF campaigns. This latest `Australian' program was launched on 5 October, when 2 million of its points...

P&O cruises into serious trouble.
December 1, 1997... More than 300 people in India have been jailed for non-violent protests against the Australian arm of the P&O shipping company. The arrests have come during a campaign by Indian environmentalists to prevent P&O violating local environmental...

SENDING THE RIGHT SIGNALS.
December 1, 1997... Economics and the environment: a signalling and incentives approach by Ian Wills, Allen & Unwin, 1997 RRP $45.00 The environment and economics should not be seen as mutually exclusive. Hugh Saddler discusses the need for cooperation between...

Shedding new light on gloom and doom.
December 1, 1997... Parliament has been flooded with the government's doom and gloom statistics about the costs to Australia of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. Where better than the big house for ACF to host an event presenting the positive side of the...

Spring fever.
December 1, 1997... The new life and clear light of spring captivated entrants in our final photo competition. The winners and the runners-up of the slide and print sections are published below. Honourable mentions go to Mark Miller, Jacquie Coupe, Susan Belperio,...