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Meeting dates and venues are listed below. Email submissions may be made (until 9 March 2001) to: Email: Wil Van Deur Ph: 8204 9000
Project Manager, Water Quality Policy Environment Policy Office, Dept for Environment & Heritage, GPO Box 1047, Adelaide SA 5001 |
Ridley Convention Centre, Goodwood Road, Wayville
9 Wehl Street South, Mount Gambier Ph: 8723 2271
cnr Bellchambers & Peachey Road, Elizabeth West
Draft 'Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy' - public consultation meeting
Draft 'Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy' - public consultation meeting
| FEBRUARY 2001 |
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30th Anniversary of the Ramsar Convention During the week 2-8 February 2001, the Department for Environment and Heritage will be holding a series of lunchtime seminars on Ramsar wetlands and ecology, to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Ramsar Convention. The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat was established in Ramsar, Iran, on the 2nd of February 1971. Australia became the first signatory to the Convention, in December 1975. To celebrate, the Department for Environment and Heritage is organising a casual lunch time seminar series, starting Friday 2nd February and continuing to Thursday 8th February, at: Australia-Asia Water Centre, Level 4, 77 Grenfell Street Adelaide.
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The Hub (Salvation Army) Worship & Community Complex, Aberfoyle Park
The Bureau of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
The South East
(TO BE ADVISED) - CANCELLED
promoting energy efficiency and aiming to achieve zero growth in greenhouse gas emissions in Tea Tree Gully, Playford, Port Adelaide-Enfield, Charles Sturt & Salisbury council areas
River Murray
9 Wehl Street South, Mount Gambier Ph: 8723 2271
4 Greenhill Road, Wayville Ph: 8271 9190
Royal Coach Motor Inn, 20 Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town Ph: 8582 4477
Dr Craig Simmons
Contact: Dianne Teivans
Ph: 8242 0575 or mob: 0404 474 220
Review of City of Port Adelaide-Enfield planning processes
(Cost: $55 per day; $20 late booking fee applies after 31st January)
Draft 'Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy' - public consultation meeting
Draft 'Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy' - public consultation meeting
Speaker: Scott Evans, Senior Hydrogeologist, Resource Assessment
Division, DWR
Draft 'Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy' - public consultation meeting
Cost: Members (SIA, IPWEASA OR CPAA) $20.00; Non-Members $50.00
Speaker: Dr Scott Field, 'Biodiversity highlights of the Waite Conservation Reserve'
Gawler Council Chambers, 89 Murray Street, Gawler Ph: 8285 2033
Foster Foundation
| MARCH 2001 |
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The Draft Plans are open for comment until 26 April 2001. Meeting dates and venues are listed below. Submissions may be made (until 26 April 2001) to: Email: Lindsay Falloon Ph: 8723 2271 Fax: 8723 2965
South East Catchment Water Management Board PO Box 30, Mount Gambier SA 5291 |
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Dept for Environment & Heritage
Primary Industries & Resources SA Dept for Water Resources For further information about the Bill, its objectives and relationships with current legislation, contact: Email:
Catherine Fleming (DEH) Ph: 8204 9102 Fax: 8204 9144
Email: Ben Bruce (PIRSA) Ph: 8762 9170 Fax: 8764 7477
Email: Stevie Austin (DWR) Ph: 8204 9153 Fax: 8204 8522
During March, a series of Regional Information Sessions will be held on the draft Bill: Meeting dates and venues are listed below. Comments on the Bill may be made (until 30 March 2001) to: Email: INRM Bill Postal Address: INRM Bill, GPO Box 1047, Adelaide SA 5001
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Clean Up Australia Day - official website
Regional information session: South East
Australia/Asia Water Centre, Level 4, Australis House, 77 Grenfell Street, Adelaide
Curdnatta Park Hall, Sandy Creek
Draft Water Allocation Plan for the Comaum Caroline Prescribed Wells Area
Draft Water Allocation Plan for the Lacepede-Kongorong Prescribed Wells Area (South)
Contact: Dianne Teivans
Portside Christian School, 1 Causeway Rad, Ethelton Ph: 8242 0575 or mob: 0404 474 220
'Work being done to protect and improve the area in and around the last stand of mangroves at the southern end of the Port River'
Regional information session: Eyre Peninsula
Eyre Regional Development Board, 89 Liverpool Street, Port Lincoln Ph: 8629 2258
Regional information session: Murray Darling Basin
Regional information session: Rangelands
World Day for Water (UNESCO)
Radisson Playford Hotel, North Terrace, Adelaide Cost: $495-600
Hilton Motel, 11-13 King Street, Port Lincoln Ph: 8204 9330
Draft 'Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy' - statutory meeting
(Cost: $70 + GST = $77)
Registration: Anne Pomeroy Ph: 8201 2692
| APRIL 2001 |
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Environmental Impact Statement - Draft Guidelines for Public Comment These are the guidelines for the EIS that the Department of Industry, Science & Resources is required to produce for the proposed nuclear waste dump(s) in central-northern South Australia. Copies of the guidelines may be viewed on: Environment Australia From the pull-down list, select "invitation to comment" and follow the prompts. Copies can also be obtained from: Community Information Unit (Environment Australia) Ph: 1800 803 772
The guidelines are open for public comment until 23 May 2001; submissions (quoting the name of the proposal and the EPBC Act referral number [2001/151]) may be made to: Senior Project Officer
National Low Level Radioactive Waste Repository EIS Environment Assessment & Approvals Branch Environment Australia GPO Box 787 Canberra ACT 2601 |
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Copies of the package may be viewed on: Stormwater Infrastructure Planning package (DTUPA) or by visiting the Department's offices at: Level 5, 136 North Terrace Adelaide Ph: 8303 0724
Enquiries: Malcolm Govett (Planning SA) Ph: 8303 0791
The SIP package is open for comment until 25 May 2001; submissions may be made to: The Presiding Member
Development Policy Advisory Committee GPO Box 1814, Adelaide SA 5001 A public hearing on the SIP package will be held on 18th June 2001, if anyone wishes to make a verbal statement in support of their submission. |
ECITA References Committee. Enquiries: ECITA Secretariat Ph: (02) 6277 3526
The Committee will receive submissions until 15 June 2001. Submissions (preferably in Word format), may be emailed to: ECITA Secretariat Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to: The Secretary
Senate ECITA References Committee S1.57, Parliament House, CANBERRA ACT 2600 |
Nature Foundation SA Inc.
National Trust of SA Level 2, 27 Leigh Street, SA 5000 Ph: 8212 1133 Email
The Hub (Salvation Army) Worship & Community Complex, Aberfoyle Park
Marine Education Society of Australasia Ph: 8212 1133
4 Greenhill Road, Wayville Ph: 8271 9190
TAFE Training Centre, Wiltshire Street, Salisbury Ph: 8285 2033
Contact: Dianne Teivans
Town Hall, Nile Street, Port AdelaidePh: 8242 0575 or mob: 0404 474 220
Council Planning Policy staff:
Earth Day
District Council of Ceduna Council Chambers, Ceduna Ph: 8204 9330
| MAY 2001 |
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Meetings will be held at: Issues papers and response sheets will be available from the Board's website from 30 April. Submissions may be made until 4 June 2001. Meeting dates and venues are listed below. To register your attendance at a meeting: RSVP: Ann Ph: 8723 2271 Fax: 8723 2965
South East Catchment Water Management Board PO Box 30, Mount Gambier SA 5291 |
a public seminar on environmentally-friendly farming
Marine Education Society of Australasia) and the South Australian Museum
Adelaide Hills Council Stirling Service Centre, 63 Mt Barker Road, Stirling
Speaker: Sheralee Cox, Aldinga Reef
Hamilton Hall, Wayville Showgrounds
The Italian Club, 262 Carrington Street, Adelaide ($55)
meeting to review 5 draft water allocation plans
4 Greenhill Road, Wayville Ph: 8271 9190
Royal Coach Motor Inn, 20 Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town Ph: 8582 4488
Contact: Dianne Teivans
Ph: 8242 0575 or mob: 0404 474 220
Alison Saunders (Torrens Catchment Water Management Board):
(the oldest silver-lead mine in Australia)
includes information from KESAB, SA Waste Management Committee, industry
(followed by dinner at nearby bistro - members & guests welcome - but prior booking required)
History Trust of SA - GPO Box 1836, Adelaide 5001 Email: L. Drew Ph: 8226 8530
National Reconciliation Week
Conference Room, Level 8, Terrace Towers, 178 North Terrace, Adelaide
Speaker: Maggie Hine, Project Officer, Partnerships for Local Agenda 21
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'to assess the views of interested bodies and persons on matters related to the operation of the Act and the protection, restoration or enhancement of the environment'. The Round-table Conference will be held at: the Adelaide Festival Centre, King William Road, Adelaide.
Nomination forms for people or organisations wanting to attend can be obtained from the Conference Co-ordinator. Nominations close on 11 May. Email: Leigh Taylor Ph: 8204 2051
Conference Co-ordinator Environment Protection Authority Dept for Environment & Heritage, GPO Box 1047, Adelaide SA 5001 |
'The future of the State's blue crab fishery'
World Environment Day (Dept for Environment & Heritage, SA)
Kilburn Community Centre, 59 Gladstone Road, Kilburn Email:: Alan Richardson
'The Operation of the Dry Creek Power Station' - Synergen Power
The Marine & Coastal Community Network (SA Branch) Email:: Tony Flaherty
Upstairs room, Port Dock Brewery Hotel, 10 Todd Street, Port Adelaide
Mark Parnell (Environmental Defenders Office)
4 Greenhill Road, Wayville Ph: 8271 9190
The Hub (Salvation Army) Worship & Community Complex, Aberfoyle Park
Speaker: Professor Richard Hillis (National Centre for Petroleum Geology & Geophysics):
Pioneer Room, Level 1, Grosvenor Vista Hotel, 125 North Terrace, Adelaide
Ph: 8303 0724
Tintinara Institute, Becker Terrace, Tintinara Ph: 8723 2271
Contact: Dianne Teivans
Town Hall, Nile Street, Port AdelaidePh: 8242 0575 or mob: 0404 474 220
Sarah Strathie, (Council Project Officer):
Cross Road, Urrbrae - admission $2, children under 15 free
at the Northern Adelaide Development Board,
Speaker: Alan Ockenden
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Debate/Forum: The Water Resources Act: Perfect of Imperfect? VENUE: Seminar Room 2, Australian Mineral Foundation, 63 Conyngham St., Glenside The debate/forum panel comprises: Kim Read, Managing Director, Tonkin Consulting (moderator)
Claus Schonfeldt (Director Water Policy, Department for Water Resources) Roy Blight (Chief Executive, Adelaide Hills Council) Fraser Bell (Partner, Finlaysons). Rosemary Cant (outposted solicitor Department for Water Resources) will give a short overview of the Water Resources Act to start the proceedings. The panel will then give short presentations on some perceived deficiencies of the Act. Questions and comments are then encouraged from the audience. DETAILS: Since the inauguration of the Water Resources Act in 1976, there have many amendments but still perfection is elusive. The 1997 Act was generally regarded as innovative in its time for incorporation of the Catchment Management Board legislation of 1995 with the Boards' power to raise levies, its formalisation of the State Water Plan first formulated in 1989, its requirement to predetermine environmental flows prior to allocation of water resources, allowance for generalised water trading and enabling Councils to establish water allocation plans. But are all issues adequately covered? ? is flooding ignored; ? has the physical relationship between water quality and flow been institutionally severed; ? has the environment benefited from the uptake of sleeper allocations encouraged by water trading; ? is the hydrological cycle distorted by ignoring rainfall falling on land; ? is the requirement for extensive community consultation negated by weak wording of the Act; ? does the Act give any weight to human requirements for water; ? is the approval process for catchment and allocation plans cumbersome? Consequently, is effort directed towards jumping through the hoops rather than producing innovative plans; ? is sewerage a neglected water resource under the Water Resources Act; ? does the Act take into account requirements of Commonwealth Legislation and treaties, such as protection of RAMSAR wetlands, World Heritage, & the EPBC Act? What would you want from a revised Water Resources Act? The audience is invited to put forward their views and questions, which the Hydrological Society can feed into the review process currently being instigated within the Department for Water Resources and to the Land and Water Corporation which is reviewing river legislation Australia-wide. The audience is invited to join the Panel and other Hydrological Society members for dinner at a restaurant after the meeting. Details of the restaurant venue will be given at the meeting.
Hon Secretary, Hydrological Society of SA, Inc.
Email:: Christopher Purton, Tonkin Consulting, Ph: 8273 3100 |
Tom Gara: Aboriginal fringe camps of Adelaide, 1836 - 1920
Federation Environment Seminar: How far have we come? 2001 compared with 1901
| JULY 2001 |
A practical and field-oriented course for non-specialists
Fundamentals of Groundwater Science, Technology & Management
Speaker: Jerry Smith, Coastal Vegetation
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13th-15th - Adelaide Festival of Ideas - Water Events
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9 Wehl Street South, Mount Gambier Ph: 8723 2271
community information meeting - Morphettville Racecourse - track upgrade and wetlands
Contact: Dianne Teivans
Ph: 8242 0575 or mob: 0404 474 220
Bahram Safai, environmental co-ordinator, Australian National Power
2nd floor, Jobomi House, Port Lincoln Ph: 8204 9330
Dr Stefan Hajkowicz: Economic opportunities for improved land and water management: a national perspective
Australia/Asia Water Centre, Level 4, SA Water House, 77 Grenfell Street, Adelaide
Planet Ark National Tree Day Email:: Planet Ark National Tree Day Coordinator
Centenary of Federation - South Australia
Speaker: Eileen Claussen (President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change (USA))
| AUGUST 2001 |
Kilburn Community Centre, 59 Gladstone Road, Kilburn Email:: Alan Richardson Ph: 8405 6719
'Plastics are in the pipeline at RIB-LOC'
(1:30pm) - Veterans of British Atomic Tests in Australia - public meeting
Old Parliament House, North Terrace, Adelaide Ph: 8271 9190
The Hub (Salvation Army) Worship & Community Complex, Aberfoyle Park
'Stormwater quality management - Implications and options for site owners and
developers'
Speaker: Mardi van der Weilen (PhD Student, Adelaide Uni)
Berri Hotel, Riverview Drive, Berri Ph: 8582 4477
Matt Wenham (Vice President, Youth Affairs Council of SA)
Contact: Dianne Teivans
Ph: 8242 0575 or mob: 0404 474 220
South Eastern Australia (SEA) Gas & Ecos Consulting
Lachlan Jeffries (Jeffries Garden Soils)
Seven guest speakers including Michael Rowbotham from the UK.
Meet at Morphett Road gate on Majors Road opposite the fire station
Speaker: Greg Drew (writer): 'History & Heritage of Broken Hill'
The Friends of the Botanic Gardens Ph: 8222 9367
Dr Deb Kelly (Manager, Resource Protection, Animal Welfare),
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Musicians Club, 276 Crystal Street, Broken Hill NSW
(Brock Lecture - joint meeting with the Historical Society of SA Inc)
Adjacent Charles Street, City Ph: 1300 136 618 Greenpeace
Dr Nicole Morcom: Best Practice in Integration of Coastal Management: Implications for SA
City of Salisbury Council Chambers, 12 James Street, Salisbury Ph: 8285 2033
'Water sustains community sustains water'
meeting National Parks & Wildlife Service, Dept for Environment & Heritage
| SEPTEMBER 2001 |
Community Biodiversity Network
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6th - 'Backyards for Wildlife' - seminar
9th - Patawalonga Creek Paperbarks Tour 10th - Landholders of the Upper 4th Creek Catchment - information night 16th - Aldinga Scrub Biodiversity Walk 23rd - Mangroves, Marshes & the Yellowish Sedge-skipper 30th - Folland Park Discovery Tour Bookings (essential): Sally Vidler Ph: 8372 0186 Urban Forest Biodiversity Program |
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South Australia at the nuclear crossroads - national nuclear dump & new uranium mine
SA Landcare Committee
The Threatened Species Network - SA calendar of events (PDF file)
Speaker: Associate Professor Dennis Mulcahey, Education & Training Program Leader,
Australia/Asia Water Centre, Level 4, SA Water House, 77 Grenfell Street, Adelaide
The Hub (Salvation Army) Worship & Community Complex, Aberfoyle Park
Professor Jim Bowler (Melbourne University)
(1:45-4:15pm) - Burnside Historical Society - tour of the Glen Osmond Mine
(12 noon) - Parliament House, North Terrace - public protest
Australia-Asia Centre, Level 4, SA Water House, 77 Grenfell Street, Adelaide
Andrew Love (Principal Research Scientist, DWR)
Jobomi House, 50 Liverpool Street, Port Lincoln Ph: 8682 5655
Contact: Dianne Teivans
Ph: 8242 0575 or mob: 0404 474 220
Steve Shearer (SA Road Transport Association)
Regal Park Motor Inn, 44 Barton Terrace East, North Adelaide
Paul Downton (architect & ecologist)
Venue: Payneham Civic Centre Hall, corner OG & Payneham Roads, Felixtow
Phil Cole (Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board)
Topic: 'Solar Hot Water System Rebates & Green Power'
At the cutting edge - geographical research in progress
Keynote addresses: Dr Wally Boughton and Dr John Church
'The Chemical Connection - multiple chemical sensitivity'
| OCTOBER 2001 |
Kilburn Community Centre, 59 Gladstone Road, Kilburn Email:: Alan Richardson
'The Operation of the Dry Creek Power Station' - Synergen Power
Weedbuster Week events
The Reedbeds Community Centre, cnr Fitch & Halsey Roads, Fulham
Professor Fran Baum (Public Health, Flinders University)
Theme: 'Land and Water - Living on the Edge'
5 Greenhill Road, Wayville Ph: 8271 9190
The Hub (Salvation Army) Worship & Community Complex, Aberfoyle Park
with internationally recognised Permaculture educator, Robin Clayfield
Room 5, 242 Belair Road, Lower Mitcham Ph: 8271 1832
Tour of Catchment: from Torrens Lake Weir (off War Memorial Drive, Adelaide)
Australia/Asia Water Centre, Level 4, Australis House, 77 Grenfell Street, Adelaide
Stormwater Industry Association Inc
Shanti Ditter (Policy Planner, City of Port Adelaide-Enfield)
Theme: 'Water Resources in South East Australia'
Speaker: John Denlay, Cool Communities Facilitator (CCSA & Australian Greenhouse Office)
Australian Plants Society, SA Region Inc.,
Brian Caton: 'South Australia's Coastal Policy - in need of reform?'
City of Salisbury, 2 James Street, Salisbury Ph: 8285 2033
Symonds Reserve Hall, Symonds Reserve Road, Aldinga
Conference Room, Level 2, Plant Research Centre, Entrance 2b, Waite Road, Urrbrae
Institute of Public Works Engineering Aust - Joint session with Civil Contractors Federation
David Paton: 'Managing bird populations in South Australia'
Patawalonga Catchment Water Management Board
5 Greenhill Road, Wayville Ph: 8271 9190
Senator Grant Chapman (Representing the Minister for Environment & Heritage)
| NOVEMBER 2001 |
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River Murray Prescribed Watercourse Registrations to attend may be made (by 12 November 2001) to: Email: Amy Morley Ph: 8582 4477
River Murray Catchment Water Management Board 2 Wade Street, Berri SA 5343 | ||
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Public Information Workshops
Registrations: RSVP by 19 November 2001, to: Email: Joan Ph: (08) 8204 9421 Fax: (08) 82226 0004 Mobile: 0427 024 579
Office for Coast & Marine, Department for Environment & Heritage Level 2, SA Water House, 25 Grenfell Street, Adelaide SA 5000 |
(9:30am-5pm) - Adelaide Zoo Frome Road, Adelaide SA 5000 Ph: 8267 3255
Lecture Theatre, Spencer Institute of TAFE, 9-39 Carlton Parade, Port Augusta
- define the format of the Environment Forum and consultation methods
Yvonne Caddy (former Mayor, City of Mitcham
Australia/Asia Water Centre, Level 4, SA Water House, 77 Grenfell Street, Adelaide
Chris Bosher (Thames Water/SA Water): 'R&D International'
Don Pyatt Community Hall, George Street, Norwood Ph: 8331 0513
The Hub (Salvation Army) Worship & Community Complex, Aberfoyle Park
Richard deGroot: District Ranger, Lofty/Barossa District, NPWSA, Website: Planet Ark Email: Planet Ark
Bagster Community House, Bagster Road, Salisbury North
Thelma Vanderpeer, ' Growing Australian native plants'
Marion Blackwell (environmental scientist & landscape artist)
Australia/Asia Water Centre, Level 4, Australis House, 77 Grenfell Street, Adelaide
Ingrid Franssen, (Senior Catchment Management Officer, DWR)
Southern Mallee District Council Offices, Day Street, Pinnaroo
Vit Karnaitis (local frog breeder)
The Boardroom, Level 1, 25 Grenfell Street, Adelaide
Associate Professor Tim Doyle: 'Environmentalism as a transboundary actor in majority and minority worlds'
Sporting Complex, Cowell
9 Wehl Street South, Mount Gambier Ph: 8723 2271
Westland Hotel, Whyalla
'how this Major Development of former DSTO land will affect Salisbury North'
Adelaide Convention Centre
St Peters Riverbank Park
Recreation Club, Kadina
International Buy Nothing Day
Yacht Club, Port Pirie
Dr Jan Skjemstad: 'Land clearing: what is the contribution of soil carbon to atmospheric CO2?'
Lecture Theatre, Goodman Building, Adelaide Botanic Gardens (off Hackney Road)
Urrbrae Agricultural High School, 505 Fullarton Road, Urrbrae
| DECEMBER 2001 |
Octagon Theatre, Frobisher Road, Elizabeth
The Sunset Room, Ingle Farm Recreation Centre
Marion Cultural Centre, 287 Diagonal Road, Marion
Southern Region Office, Chandlers Hill Road, Happy Valley
Mike Holmes (Thames Water/United Water): 'Chlorine modelling'
(11:30am) Peace Walk from Vicyoria Square to Elder Park
Chris Kourakis QC (SA Law Society)
Heritage Room, Sunnybrae Function Centre, Tikalara Street, Regency Park Ph: 8285 2033
5 Greenhill Road, Wayville Ph: 8271 9190
Thursday: Conference Room, Level 2
Adelaide Meridien Motel Conference Room, , Melbourne Street, North Adelaide
Diplomat Hotel, Millicent
West Torrens Civic Centre, 165 Sir Donald Bradman Drive, Hilton
Board Room, Jobomi House, 50 Liverpool Street, Port Lincoln Ph: 8682 5655
9 Wehl Street South, Mount Gambier Ph: 8723 2271
