5 Tips And Tricks To Get Your Home Office Ready 5 Tips And Tricks To Get Your Home Office Ready Do you want to make your home office a more beautiful and productive space? Julian Parsons / Tuesday, January 19, 2021 0 34 Article rating: No rating A home office allows you to get some work done while away from the office. It also means you have allowed work into your living space – which may interfere with your personal life and living space to some extent. Read more
Solar Still Makes Sense in 2020 Solar Still Makes Sense in 2020 David Green / Wednesday, August 19, 2020 0 3523 Article rating: 5.0 Solar Energy in Australia has been a story of significant growth over the decade. Since 2009 cumulative capacity of Solar in Australia has grown from nearly zero to 18,583,305 KWs in June 2020 (as per the Australian PV Institute). To put that into context that is enough power to run an off the shelf light bulb for around 371,666,100 hours. But, is it still worth it to by Solar for your home or Business in 2020? Read more
North West Local Land Services Smoko Sessions 8 in total North West Local Land Services Smoko Sessions 8 in total Kate Schwager / Friday, June 19, 2020 0 6118 Article rating: No rating Our staff regularly run events across the North West region to support your land management work. click the heading to see all the events and links through to past events. Read more
Chorus of criticism for defeat of coal seam gas moratorium, but NSW Government holds firm Chorus of criticism for defeat of coal seam gas moratorium, but NSW Government holds firm ABC New England / By Patrick Bell and Lucy Thackray Kate Schwager / Saturday, June 06, 2020 0 0 Article rating: No rating Farmers in north-west New South Wales are furious at the defeat of a bill to temporarily put a stop to Coal Seam Gas activity in the state. The Bill passed the NSW Upper House late on Wednesday night, and the Government unexpectedly brought it to a vote in the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon. It was defeated 38 votes to 36. The legislation had the support of Labor, the Greens, the Shooters Fishers and Farmers (SFF) and other independents. The Deputy Premier John Barilaro has accused the SFF of having "sold out jobs in regional NSW to align themselves with the Greens, not because of outcomes, but because of politics". Key points: The State Government defeated a bill that would have temporarily stopped all coal seam gas activity Farmers in the state's north-west are worried about the implications for the impending Narrabri Gas Project The government insists it has the community on its side Read more
CSG mine's mountain of unwanted salt (This was published 8 years ago ) CSG mine's mountain of unwanted salt (This was published 8 years ago ) Brisbane Times - Still no solution to this problem or where to put it. Kate Schwager / Friday, June 05, 2020 0 0 Article rating: No rating Coal seam gas (CSG) mining at just one Queensland site will produce three million tonnes of salt - enough to raise a pile 10 metres high and 11 kilometres long, senators have been told. A parliamentary committee yesterday took evidence in Canberra looking at the impact of mining CSG on the Murray Darling Basin. Liberal senator Bill Heffernan told the hearing of the salt produced by one approved Queensland project. "Eleven-point-three kilometres by 30m wide by 10m high - that'll be the pile of salt that'll be produced from this one mining approval," Senator Heffernan told representatives of the NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services (DTIRIS) attending the hearing. "This is for you to think about because we don't want this to happen in NSW - that's approved under the onerous provisions of the Queensland DERM (Department of Environment and Resource Management). "I wouldn't like that on my landscape." Read more