‘More ambitious than the NSW and Australian government targets,’ says the Ballina Shire Council’s sustainability projects officer, Sharyn Hunnisett, of the local government’s draft climate change policy.
While critics say it isn’t hard to beat the federal government on ambitious carbon emissions reduction targets – take a look at responses to Australia’s policies from the likes of the G7 and the United Nations, for example – renewable energy advocates such as Northern Rivers local and editor of online publication
Renew Economy have long pointed out the progress forged in the private sector, through state governments and at a local government level.