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A low carbon future for WA

2 December, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

The long-awaited Western Australian Climate Policy was released earlier this week; it sets out the State Government’s plan to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and a climate-resilient, […]

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climate change, environment, innovation, Perth, Pilbara, planning, Water, water resource management

Turtle Island

26 November, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

Turtle Island is a place 1,900 km way up north of Perth in Cone Bay, and approximately 200 km north east of Broome. It is a beautiful little island that […]

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environment, office adventures, Staff, urbaqua projects

Dry: free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist (see Perth).

15 October, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

As the mercury in our thermometers here in spring-y Perth start to expand, and the almost-summer warm air starts to drift into town, the (sort of) rains of our winter […]

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climate change, community, environment, Perth, Water, water resource management

Hotham-Williams all wRAPped up

9 October, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

Urbaqua has had the opportunity to work closely with the Peel Harvey Catchment Council (PHCC) this last year on a number of partnership projects monitoring and assessing the health of […]

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biodiversity, community, environment, monitoring, urbaqua projects, Water, water resource management

Wharf St smart park now online

16 September, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

The ribbon has officially been cut and the turtles have been released at the Wharf Street Basin Next Generation Community Park in Cannington, and the City of Canning‘s first smart […]

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Aboriginal heritage, biodiversity, community, environment, monitoring, Perth, Smart cities, technology, Water, water resource management, WSUD

In This Together, 20 years on

12 June, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

Twenty years ago, more than a quarter of a million people walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for change and a more reconciled Australia. And in recent days another […]

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Aboriginal heritage, community, environment, recognition, Water

The Current – Environmental Condition in Oz

9 April, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

It’s easy to lose sight of all the old issues we used to pay so much attention to before COVID-19 became a primary focus for most of us. But while […]

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environment

Positives of a pandemic?

27 March, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

The impact of the raging COVID-19 pandemic should not be understated, with half a million people infected, tens of thousands dying from the virus and epicentres shifting around us. It […]

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climate change, community, environment

BOM drops latest data review

24 January, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

Whew… what a hot summer… isn`t it? If you thought that the weather has been hotter than usual, it turns out you’re right. According to the Bureau of Meteorology’s (BoM) […]

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climate change, environment

Ranford Pool – planting for protection

13 November, 2019by urbaqua Leave a comment

In the rural and beautiful Shire of Boddington, approximately 120 km south-east of Perth, runs the tranquil Hotham River. The Hotham River is one of the major upstream waterways which […]

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biodiversity, community, environment, office adventures, urbaqua projects

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