The Australian coast is rich in history and is scattered with coastal settlements amongst a contrasting landscape with infinite visual and ecological diversity. These attributes provide the opportunity to create sustainable and resilient settlements, linking the wholeness of a place to the foundation of living in harmony with nature. On the contrary the coastal regions...

Could the world’s hunger for metals and minerals, and state strategies for securing access to them, propel the development of deep sea mining?

This document describes damning situations where state and federal governments have overlooked or ignored dangerous practices. It highlights the deficiencies of large-scale mining and resource development with emphasis on activities of most concern to communities; coal and unconventional gas.

This is an assessment of environmental effects for the Western Highway Project Section 2 Beaufort to Ararat. It represents the final step in the Environment Effects Statement process by providing advice to decision-makers on the likely environmental effects of the proposal, their acceptability and how they should be addressed in relevant statutory decisions.

The trend towards larger, detached, energy intensive dwellings in poorly serviced, low-density, urban fringe locations, leaves governments, households and communities vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The planning and design of new outer urban areas, and the retrofitting of existing ones, affects the extent to which communities can adapt to changing climactic conditions. Policy...