by kapow | Jul 5, 2015 | Blog, Government Policy
ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTS In 2008 the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists released a report entitled Accounting for Nature. At the time we never dreamed of where our ideas would take. With the support of the Purves Environmental Fund and The Ian Potter Foundation, we...
by kapow | Apr 19, 2015 | Blog, Government Policy
COASTAL MONITORING Australian Coastal Observation Network: Monitoring and Forecasting Coastal Erosion in a Changing Climate. Photo source: WRL, 2015. Coastal monitoring was raised in a discussion last week at the phone hook-up of the ACS Executive. Questions were...
by kapow | Apr 13, 2015 | Blog, Government Policy
NATURAL DISASTER REPORT OF THE PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION Brisbane floods, 2011 On 17 December, 2014, the Productivity Commission (PC) presented its must read, final report on Natural Disaster Funding Arrangements (Report No. 74) [Vol 1 & Vol 2] to the Australian...
by kapow | Mar 9, 2015 | Authored Elsewhere, Government Policy, Latest News
Rolling out the Victorian Coastal Strategy Photo source: Victoria Coastal Council Earlier this month I was invited by the Victorian Coastal Council to speak about the Coastal Compartments project. This project was initiated by the now defunct federal Coasts and...
by kapow | Feb 19, 2015 | Blog, Government Policy
Resurrection of the Queensland Coastal Plan Cyclone Marcia approaching central QLD (source: bom.gov.au) As a tropical cyclone approaches the Queensland coast, I am reminded of the former Labor Government’s QUEENSLAND COASTAL PLAN. In March 2011, the then Deputy...