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	<title>The Southern Thunderer &#187; Environment</title>
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		<title>Nominations Open For Tidy Town Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2012/01/nominations-open-for-tidy-town-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tidy Towns Awards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Victoria Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith
Is Your Town The Tidiest Town This Year? 
Victor P Taffa
Victoria’s tidiest towns, most sustainable cities and cleanest beaches are gearing up to showcase their attractions as they compete for the annual Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria’s awards.
Today Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith announced entries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chandler Steps In To Save Trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bakewell Trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern Territory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Northern Territory Shadow Minister for Environment Peter Chandler
CAN’T SEE THE WOODS&#8230;
Victor P Taffa
A line of trees recently planted under a Government scheme in Songlark Street, Bakewell, are faced with removal because of a failure to consult with the local council.
Shadow Environment Minister, Peter Chandler, said volunteers recently planted a variety of tree species in Songlark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minister Saves Trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dutch Elm Trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Victoria Minister for Planning Matthew Guy
Bacchus Marsh Avenue Of Honour Preserved For Future Generations 
Victor P Taffa
The Avenue of Honour in Bacchus Marsh will be retained in its entirety, following a decision by Planning Minister Matthew Guy to refuse a permit for the removal of five mature Dutch elm trees for the construction of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winds Of Change To Blow Under Liberals</title>
		<link>http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2012/01/winds-of-change-to-blow-under-liberals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wind Farms]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[South Australia Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond
Liberals Commit To Wind Farm Reform 
Victor P Taffa
The State Liberals will protect South Australian communities from wind farms built too close to homes, by banning new wind farms from being built more than two kilometres from an existing residence.
A Redmond Liberal Government will:
 

Ban new wind turbines from being built [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smith Encourages Recycling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Recycling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Victoria Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith
Recycle Right This Holiday Season!
Victor P Taffa
Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith has encouraged all people across Victoria, young and old, to recycle right this holiday season.
“While the holiday season is great for spending precious time with our families, it is also responsible for generating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refusing To Answer The Question</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[South Australia Deputy Opposition Leader in the Legislative Council Michelle Lensink
No Accountability, No Interest, Same Labor Government 
Victor P Taffa
Environment Minister Paul Caica, in a show of laziness or sheer incompetence, has refused to answer legitimate questions left outstanding from the Budget process.
Like his fellow Labor colleagues, Mr. Caica has shown a blatant disregard for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waste Strategy A Waste Of Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[South Australia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Australia Shadow Minister for Environment and Conservation Steven Marshall
Landfill Levy Increase To Bailout Labor’s Budget 
Victor P Taffa
Shadow Minister for Environment and Conservation Steven Marshall said today’s release of the long awaited South Australian Waste Strategy is a huge disappointment.
“This update is running more than a year late (originally the Waste Strategy 2010-2015) with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report Litter On iPhone</title>
		<link>http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2011/12/report-litter-on-iphone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Victoria Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith
New iPhone App To Combat Litter 
Victor P Taffa
Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith has launched the EPA Victoria’s new i-phone litter application, Report Litter, which has been designed to make it easier for the public to report littering.
Mr. Smith said the free iPhone app [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honouring Conservation Efforts</title>
		<link>http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2011/12/honouring-conservation-efforts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation Volunteers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Western Australia Minister for Environment Bill Marmion
Conservation Volunteers Honoured
Victor P Taffa

Community members recognised for outstanding conservation contribution
Volunteers working with DEC for more than 20 years

Environment Minister Bill Marmion has congratulated volunteers across the State for their dedicated efforts to conservation and biodiversity in Western Australia.
Mr. Marmion said the Department of Environment and Conservation’s (DEC) volunteers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marine Parks Left In Limbo</title>
		<link>http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2011/11/marine-parks-left-in-limbo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.southernthunderer.com.au/2011/11/marine-parks-left-in-limbo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>victor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[South Australia Shadow Minister for Environment Michelle Lensink
Weatherill Condemns His Own Marine Parks Plan 
Victor P Taffa
Premier Weatherill is trying to distance himself from the marine parks mess by condemning the failed consultation process he implemented.
Mr. Weatherill was Environment Minister when the consultation process for the marine parks exclusion zones began in 2009 – he [...]]]></description>
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