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WEDNESDAY, 12th JUNE 2013

 SOUTH AUSTRALIA

 The State Budget has ignored climate change and the environment, according to the Conservation Council of South Australia, the state's peak body for conservation.
While the rest of the world is looking at ways to stop waste, the South Australian Goverment is closing down Zero Waste SA, the award winning, world leader in waste reduction, based here in South Australia.
It was the South Australian town Tony Abbott warned would be wiped out by the carbon tax. But almost a year since the tax began, it's Whyalla's renewable energy plans that's taken a hit, with the Commonwealth withdrawing funding for a solar thermal power plant.
A group of Port Augusta residents will today make their case before a South Australian Government enquiry for the building of a solar thermal plant in the city.
South Australia's rural landscape is on the brink of massive change as the world scrambles for new sources of petroleum. And with an estimated 396 trillion cubic feet of natural gas sitting untapped beneath the surface, the State Government is eager to deliver.
The South Australian Government says it is only days away from signing up to a funding agreement for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
A decision on whether a proposed wind farm between the Barossa Valley and Mid Murray regions will go ahead is now with the Planning Minister.
www.abc.net.au
Figures in a government report show the Green Triangle region has reduced its dependence on the forestry industry for employment.
A new daily passenger ferry service for Kangaroo Island is planned to start late next year. The Makris Group, headed by property developer Con Makris, has been planning the new ferry service from Glenelg to Kingscote for several years and has engaged Caj Amadio as project co-ordinator.
Monarto Zoo is pleased to announce it has one male and two female lion cubs, which was confirmed during the cubs' first vet check on the morning of Wednesday 5 June.
An area almost 80 times the size of the Melbourne Cricket Ground will be planted with native seedlings, shrubs, and grasses in one of Australia’s most important wetlands during the next three months. The plantings are underway in South Australia’s iconic Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth region.
www.environment.sa.gov.au

 Bianca Amato, Arid Recovery intern, writes about her thoughts on Australia’s current conservation crisis.

Great Australian Bight Marine Park is now closed for all boats due to the start of the southern right whale breeding season.
Nature Foundation SA's annual Walk for Nature is held in the Mount Lofty Ranges, meandering along the Heysen Trail through Mount George Conservation Park. Check out the video from last year.
www.youtube.com

 Friends of Para Wirra Recreation Park - Join the Friends for a morning of weeding followed by lunch then settle in for a talk. Saturday June 15th meet at 9am, shared lunch 12pm, talk to follow at 1pm.


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