Biofuel the forgotten renewable energy, report says

Australia's biofuel industry has the potential to add more than 8000 jobs and $1 billion a year in revenue to the economy despite being neglected for more than a decade.

Biofuels in Australia are mainly made from food processing waste.

Queensland University of Technology economists have outlined how Australia could lift its energy security by increasing the levels of locally-produced biofuels and bioproducts.  The first step was to grow our bioethanol and other biofuel industries, lead author Ian O’Hara said.

Read Cole Latimer’s story from The Age - “Biofuel the forgotten renewable energy, report says.”

Abandoned golf course in Dandenongs to become new botanic gardens

A neglected former golf course in the Dandenongs will be turned into parkland and become part of Melbourne's newest botanic garden.

The Kurume bowl and pond in the National Rhododendron
 Gardens, which will become part of the new Dandenong
 Ranges Botanic Garden. 

The Olinda public golf course closed more than five years ago after being abandoned by its owners. It has since been maintained by Parks Victoria as a bushfire break in the Dandenong Ranges.  

Wedged between the National Rhododendron Gardens and the Dandenong Ranges National Park, the former course will be converted to parkland in mid-2018.

The Andrews government will spend $4.72 million converting the 34-hectare zone to parkland, which will include open space, picnic areas and a sports oval.

Read Adam Carey’s story in the Melbourne Age - “Abandoned golf course in Dandenongs to become new botanic gardens.”