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)
- 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