Media releases
For all the latest news from Sustainability Victoria click on the media releases below.
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Premier's Sustainability Awards recognise Victorians who rise to the challenge
13 November 2009Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings today announced the official opening of submissions and said this year's awards were focussed on organisations and people who had done the hard yards and met the sustainability challenge head-on.
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Solar hot water rebate extended for regional Victoria
28 August 2009An additional $10 million has been committed by the Brumby Labor Government to extend a popular rebate scheme that helps families in regional and rural Victoria switch to solar hot water.
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Free home assessment saves money on energy bills
20 August 2009Residents in Boroondara, Knox and Casey can receive a free energy assessment of their home as part of Sustainability Victoria's GreenHouse Project to save money and reduce carbon emissions, announced by Anita Roper, CEO of Sustainability Victoria.
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Victorians can clean up with $100 appliance rebate
29 May 2009Victorians will be able to clean up with a $100 discount on energy and water efficient washing machines and dishwashers through a $1 million Brumby Labor Government initiative announced by Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings.
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Retrofits bring power savings and jobs for Bendigo and Shepparton
28 May 2009Power bills for 400 drought-affected farmers will be slashed and up to 20 new jobs will be created in Bendigo and Shepparton under a program announced by Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings today.
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Top Victorian Firms Win Premier's Sustainability Awards
16 April 2009The Victorian Government has recognised local businesses and groups for their innovative work in promoting sustainability through the Premier's Sustainability Awards.
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Victoria tops the list as a location for renewables
19 November 2008An independent national report on renewable energy by Ernst and Young has given Victoria top marks as a location for clean energy investment.
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Victorian small businesses to tackle climate change
18 November 2008Victoria's small to medium enterprises are being encouraged to join a new program that aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Victorian ResourceSmart awards winners announced
12 November 2008The winners of the 2008 ResourceSmart School of the Year Award were announced today at the 'Kids Teaching Kids' ceremony attended by over 350 students at Federation Square's BMW Edge.
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$12.6 million to make our buildings greener
22 September 2008A $12.6 million Brumby Government boost to sustainable building will help put Victoria at the forefront of building design as the nation transitions to a new carbon economy, Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings said today.
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Funding for sustainable neighbourhood renewal
05 August 2008Seven Victorian communities will benefit from around $375,000 to undertake sustainable community projects as part of the Brumby Government's Neighbourhood Renewal program.
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Victorian pubs and clubs give butts the flick
13 July 2008New research shows that cigarette butt litter outside Victorian pubs and clubs has almost halved since state-wide bans on indoor smoking at licensed premises were introduced last year.
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Helping vulnerable Victorians respond to climate change
09 July 2008Low-income households in Werribee, Preston, East Reservoir, Heidelberg West, Frankston North and Rosebud West will benefit from free energy and water saving retrofits through the Brumby Government's Energy and Water Task Force program.
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Fare share kitchen - feeding Melbourne's needy families
02 July 2008Minister for Environment and Climate Change Gavin Jennings today opened a new not-for-profit kitchen at Abbotsford which will produce more than one million healthy meals for Melbourne's homeless and needy.
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Mini hydro delivers more green energy to Victorians
02 July 2008Victorians will have access to more green energy thanks to a Brumby Government initiative which supports innovative small to medium-sized sustainable electricity projects.
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Commercial tenants make the switch to reduce carbon
25 June 2008The Brumby Government has joined the CitySwitch Green Office program in partnership with the City of Melbourne to help commercial building tenants and owners to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
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ResourceSmart schools tackling climate change
20 May 2008The Brumby Government today called on all Victorian schools to take this year's ResourceSmart challenge.
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Victoria's resource recovery industry lights up
11 March 2008A new mercury recovery facility with the capacity to process most of the 100 million energy efficient light globes was opened by Minister Jennings
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Jennings congratulates winner of Change The Globe competition
28 February 2008Environment and Climate Change Minister, Gavin Jennings has presented the winner of the Brumby Government's Change the Globe initiative, with a Honda Civic Hybrid car.
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New initiative will take a Byte out of computer waste
27 February 2008The Brumby Government and the computer industry have taken another step towards addressing the mounting waste challenge created by our appetite for computers with the opening of a computer take-back centre at Darebin
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Sustainability Victoria Chair Announced
18 February 2008The incoming Chair of Sustainability Victoria, Mike Waller, was welcomed into his new role today by the Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Gavin Jennings.
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Victorians urged to change the globe and save
31 January 2008500,000 Victorian households are being given a free energy saving globe.
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$5m new partnership to make office buildings greener
11 December 2007Premier John Brumby today announced $5 million to environmentally upgrade 83,000m2 of office accommodation at 16 Victorian Government buildings across the State.
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ResourceSmart School of the Year
13 November 2007Croydon Hills Primary School has won the ResourceSmart School of the Year Award.
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The heat is on at Warrnambool
09 November 2007Geothermal heating is the latest renewable energy source at Mantra Blue spa resort.
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Where to for industry in a carbon-constrained economy?
10 September 2007Australian Industry Group surveyed over 800 companies in the National Survey of Environmental Sustainable Practices.
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Byteback...to the future!
05 September 2007Byteback gives Victorians the opportunity to dispose of unwanted computers and other IT products.
