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Media releases 2012
The media releases listed below were issued by Senator Don Farrell, Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water from 14 September 2010 to 25 March 2013.
December
- Product Stewardship Advisory Group Announced - 06 December 2012
November
- $10.3 million wastewater recycling upgrades in Riverton and Clare completed - 16 November 2012
- $5.4 million Port Pirie wastewater recycling upgrade completed - 15 November 2012
- Free TV and computer recycling services for Brisbane - 14 November 2012
- Mount Isa weather radar for north west Queensland - 12 November 2012
- Reef HQ Aquarium makes a splash for silver jubilee - 11 November 2012
- Innovative Nyrstar stormwater project saves water and reduces impacts on Derwent River - 7 November 2012
- Sustainable water supply for the Huon Valley - 7 November 2012
October
- Next generation weather forecasting for Western Australia - 31 October 2012
- Eversons Food Processors wins 2012 Prime Minister's Water Wise Award - 27 October 2012
- Free TV and computer recycling scheme launched in Sydney - 18 October 2012
- Brisbane city stormwater put to good use - 4 October 2012
September
- CRC aims to boost clever water use - 24 September 2012
- 20 million chemical drums collected by drumMuster - 21 September 2012
- Free TV and computer recycling scheme for Victoria - 14 September 2012
- Global community celebrates 25 years of ozone layer protection - 13 September 2012
- Groundwater Atlas goes online - 11 September 2012
- Recycling improves Phillip Island's water security - 4 September 2012
- Dr Rob Vertessy to head Bureau of Meteorology - 4 September 2012
August
- Pipeline secures water supplies for Bega Valley Shire - 29 August 2012
- Sydney opera house lights to be recycled - 9 August 2012
- $42.5 million for stormwater and reuse projects - 8 August 2012
July
- Free TV & Computer Recycling Scheme starts in South Australia - 30 July 2012
- More regional SA towns can now access 7-day forecasts - 26 July 2012
- Secure water supply for Wurrumiyanga - 24 July 2012
- Manly Golf Course receives stormwater boost - 12 July 2012
- Derwent Park Stormwater Harvesting project begins - 9 July 2012
June
- New Chair and Commissioners for National Water Commission - 29 June 2012
- Water efficiency labelling and standards scheme enhanced - 28 June 2012
- Parliament passes National Water Commission Amendment Bill - 21 June 2012
- Pilbara to boost water savings by billions of litres - 20 June 2012
- Recycled water to preserve Kyneton's public spaces - 15 June 2012
- Review of the Bureau of Meteorology's capacity - 8 June 2012
May
- $4 million to support a national hydrologic modelling platform - 29 May 2012
- $2.7 Million boost for desalination research - 16 May 2012
- TV and computer recycling scheme open for business in the ACT - 15 May 2012
- Budget 2012-13: Strengthening the Bureau of Meteorology - 8 May 2012
- Caloundra is Australia's tidiest town - 8 May 2012
- Upgrade to increase Karratha wastewater recycling - 2 May 2012
April
- Canberra first to start free e-waste recycling service - 30 April 2012
- New weather bureau radar for south-east Tasmania - 27 April 2012
- Nominations open for the 2012 Prime Minister's Water Wise Award - 24 April 2012
- Stormwater greening Geelong Botanic Gardens and Eastern Park - 19 April 2012
- Stormwater to keep heritage parks and gardens green - 19 April 2012
- Remarkable water savings for Booleroo and Melrose - 18 April 2012
- Former HMAS Platypus site restoration enters important new phase - 13 April 2012
- Third approved arrangement announced for National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme - 4 April 2012
- Australia's water industry adapts to changing conditions - 3 April 2012
March
- New meteorology office for Albany - 30 March 2012
- Urban waterways renewal project to improve Canning and Swan river water quality - 29 March 2012
- SA companies switched on to reducing mercury levels - 28 March 2012
- Second approved arrangement announced for National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme - 28 March 2012
- Point and click for your local SA weather forecast - 27 March 2012
- World Meteorological Day commemorated in Melbourne - 23 March 2012
- Gillard Government extends national water commission - 14 March 2012
- First approved arrangement announced for National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme - 6 March 2012
- Many hands make light work this Clean Up Australia Day - 3 March 2012
February
- Recycling plant to improve Victorian surf coast water security - 23 February 2012
- Government thanks outgoing Bureau of Meteorology director, Dr Greg Ayers - 20 February 2012
- Bathurst water treatment upgrade to save 192 million litres a year - 3 February 2012
- $30 million wetlands project to water-proof the South - 1 February 2012
January
- Drought proofing Tumbarumba - 24 January 2012
- New Meteorology Office for Geraldton - 18 January 2012