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The Victorian budget has been announced, with the government declaring it an infrastructure heavy year. The big winners are roads, with many people concerned about other areas. Nora Qorri, Gregorie Molle, Jenny Hinkle, and Yara Murray-Atfield report.

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Delegates of the the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) committee at the 2013 World Model United Nations conference suggest that cities are good for the environment. The week-long conference, held in Melbourne, simulated the United Nations comittees. The unique thing about the UCLG commitee is that delegates were representing cities instead of countries. Reporter Samantha Yap managed to speak to some of the members of the committee about the importance for cities to become environmentally sustainable.

 
On the 8th February 2013, Federal Minister for Environment Tony Bourke announced that he would reject advice from the Australian Heritage Council to protect 433,000 hectares with a National Heritage Listing.

Instead he is going to see that a National Heritage Listing is applied to a coastal stretch of 21,000 hectares the Tarkin region. This ammounts to only 4% of the original recommendations.

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Liz Johnstone Wilderness Society on The Tarkine and National Heritage Listing.mp3

There's a Victorian Minister whose job is to look after you: young people.
 
But who is he, what does he stand for, and what's he been up to?
 
Minister for Youth Affairs, Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith joined Panorama to talk state politics.

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There’s an improbable battle going on in Tasmania between environmentalists and two of Australia’s biggest environmental lobby groups.

Environmental activists were outraged after The Wilderness Society and the Australian Conservation Foundation wrote to a Japanese company urging it not to cancel any of its contracts with Tasmanian timber suppliers.

Allison Worrall with this report.

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Rowena met up with Penny Algar, who is an artist and horticulturalist, to talk about how Penny explores the inter-relationship between humans and the natural environment in her artworks.
 
Penny is particularly passionate about bringing art into environmental conservation projects and she often uses art to raise awareness about climate change and the importance of conservation and revegetation.
 
Here is Part 1 of Rowena's conversation with Penny.

How much closer are we to setting a price on carbon? In one of its first moves, the Gillard government is set to appoint a climate change committee to ask the big question: what's better? a carbon tax or a market-based approach?

Hayley Crane reports.

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Would you give up your bomb for $2000? Probably?
 
What about if you HAVE to spend that money on a more environmentally, hybrid car?
 
Below the Line's Josh Fagan looks in Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Cash for Clunkers scheme.

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One of Tony Abbott's first announcements in the election campaign was that he would establish a "standing Green Army, 15 000 strong".
 
It's a scheme he's been working on since the beginning of the year, and it's something that he personally is passionate about.
 
One of the first projects to be supported by the Green Army will be at Peppergreen Farm, in Ballarat.
 

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