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Documents reveal council heritage mismanagement

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Documents reveal council heritage mismanagement

Central Coast Council staff, determined to demolish the old Gosford library building, have suppressed the release of information that proves the building’s heritage value, suitability for re-use and confirms it should have been heritage listed 10 years ago. By Jacquelene Pearson Documents released after a protracted Government Information Public Access […]Read Article

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Victoria celebrates 50 years of National Parks Act but parks are 'starved of funding'

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A Net a Kilometer: Drones Successfully Identify Ghost Nets Along NT Coastline

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