Government Links

Links to global governance environmental / advocacy sites, Australian Government sites, Queensland & New South Wales Government, Departments & related websites, Local Councils of SE Queensland & NE New South Wales (Northern Rivers)

Global Governance advocacy links

• United Nations PORTAL
• UNICEF International Home
• UNICEF – Australian home
• United Nations Environment Program & World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• Protected Areas & World Heritage Sites
• World Heritage Sites Directory
• Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves Information Sheet in World Heritage Sites Listing – this link keeps not working, so start HERE to find out more
• Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
• World Database on Protected Areas – search for sites by country

Australian Government Environmental & Advocacy links

• Australian Government
• Directory.gov.au
• State of the environment reporting – home page
• Australia 2020 – www.australia2020.gov.au
• the Australian Government’s idea of how Your Home Technical Manual can help sustainability…….hmm, …… interesting
• Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
• Bureau of Rural Sciences Home – DAFF
• Natural Resources Home – DAFF
• Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
• Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development & Local Government , and matters and LEGISLATION dealt with by the Department and Minister.
• Australian Government Natural Resource Management Website
• Australian Government National Water Commission
• Australian Government Department of Education, Employment, & Workplace Relations
• Australian Government Education PORTAL
  
• GrantsLINK – Index – GrantsLINK – Home
• National research priorities-Education, Employment & Work
• Institute of Public Administration Australia – “voluntary, non-profit, member organisation enabling people with an interest in public administration and public sector reform to exchange ideas on trends, practices and innovations in public administration“

Local Government Councils – Mt Warning Caldera Region

Including Local Council links SE QLD & NE NSW (Northern Rivers)

• Council of Australian Governments
• Australian Local Government Association -

• Local Government Links – Queensland Government Local Government Links
• Local Government Association of Queensland -
• List of Council Websites-Qld Directory

• Gold Coast City Council, SE Queensland
• Scenic Rim Regional Council – Old Beaudesert and Boonah Shires – Local Transition Committee
• Scenic Rim Regional Council, SE Queensland

• Home – NSW Department of Local Government
• Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW – Home Page

• Ballina Shire Council, NE New South Wales
• Byron Shire Council, NE New South Wales
  
• Clarence Valley Council, NE New South Wales
• Kyogle Shire Council, NE New South Wales
• Lismore City Council, NE New South Wales
• Tweed Shire Council, NE New South Wales

Queensland & New South Wales State Government links

(including Regional authorities, agencies, and other related organisations)

• Queensland Government DIRECTORY
• Queensland Department of Justice & Attorney General
• Department of Natural Resources and Water Queensland  – NOW called the Department of  Environment and resource Management – home page
• SEQ Catchments Regional NRM body – South East Queensland
• Queensland WaterShed – Drainage Divisions & Stream Flow Sites – select a Qld catchment
• Catchment Management Groups Gold Coast City Council, SE QLD, Australia : Gold Coast City Council : Coombabah, Loders Creek, Mudgeeraba, Pimpama, Springbrook, Tallebudgera, Coomera River, Nerang River.

• New South Wales Government DIRECTORY
• Channel NSW : NSW Government News Portal
• Lawlink Home – (Attorney General’s Dept.) NSW
• Natural Resources Commission NSW – Home
• NSW Statewide Map for Water Quality & River Flow Objectives – select a NSW catchment
• Northern Rivers – Catchment Management Authority
• NSW Government Water For Life – New Online Education Tool to Help Save Water – Metropolitan
• Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW
• NSW Department of State and Regional Development
• NSW Government Department of Planning
• NSW Joint Regional Planning Panels website
• NSW Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Bill 2008
• Planning Reforms NSW Department of Planning 2008
• DECC Biodiversity Banking Scheme
• Environment and Planning Law in NSW : (book reviews etc) : Environmental and Planning Law in New South Wales By Rosemary Lyster, Zada Lipman, Nicola Franklin 2007