Bulletin (PDF 18.3 MB) - City of Armadale

Information BulletinCorrespondence & PapersPage Cor-24On Monday North Sydney Council voted to include all its harbourside parks and reserveswhich can hold a total of 73,000 people.Mayor Genia McCaffery said the council has struggled with the influx of intoxicated peoplesince the City of Sydney council introduced tougher alcohol restrictions in 2008. (Source:'Sydney Morning Herald.')Social Inclusion WeekThe Minister for Social Inclusion, Tanya Plibersek, said the week (November 20 - 28) is animportant opportunity to reflect on the challenges faced by vulnerable members of thecommunity.Concern over global CO 2 emissionsGlobal carbon dioxide emissions contributing to atmospheric warming show no sign ofabating and may reach record levels in 2010, according to the Global Carbon Project (GCP),supported by CSIRO's Marine and Atmospheric Research Division.In its annual report card, scientists working with the GCP reported that although annualemissions in 2009 were 1.3 per cent below the record 2008 figures, partly attributed to theglobal financial crisis, the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in the atmospherecontinued its upward trend to reach a new high of 387 parts per million.Results from the GCP reported in a paper published in Nature Geoscience indicate that the2009 decrease in emissions is likely to be more than offset by renewed growth in fossil-fuelemissions in 2010."There is some good news, however, in that we found global emissions from deforestationhave decreased through the last decade by more than 25 per cent compared to the 1990sand account now for about a tenth of the emissions from all human activity," co-author andGCP Executive Director, CSIRO's Dr Pep Canadell said.The small 2009 decrease in global fossil fuel emissions includes large regional shifts, withlarge decreases occurring in Europe, Japan and North America (e.g. US -6.9 per cent, UK -8.6 per cent, Germany -7 per cent, Japan -11.8 per cent, Russia -8.4 per cent) whileemerging economies recorded substantial increases (e.g. China +8 per cent, India +6.2 percent, South Korea +1.4 per cent). Australian emissions were slightly lower than those in 2008(a change of -0.4 per cent).Carbon farming frameworkThe Federal Government has released a framework for how farmers, foresters andlandholders will be able to generate carbon credits under the Carbon Farming Initiative(CFI).The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, said this was the startof a dialogue with stakeholders about the design of the scheme for crediting and sellingcarbon offsets. Industry groups are being invited to share feedback with the Government bymaking a submission to the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency by January21, 2010. Stakeholders, including the National Farmers Federation and Landcare, were beingasked to comment on the process.