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A new Climate Change policy by Ballina Shire Council will go on public exhibition this week.
The document makes it a goal for the council to reduce its organisational greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2030.
It also makes it its goal to use 100 per cent renewable electricity for its operations by 2030.
These goals were qualified by council staff as "ambitious but achievable".
The community engagement includes the option of expanding the policy, to incorporate a greater address of community emissions and consideration of cost implications associated with it, based on additional revenue.
Council also agreed to examine the creation of a part-time position role to support the implementation of the Climate Change Policy and associated plans and actions through the workforce planning process.