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	INNER WEST COUNCIL "PETERSHAM PARK 10-YEAR PLAN Mar 2020-2030"

PPWC Oct 2020 Newsletter - 

"Public Interest  - some Councils have been purchasing Carbon Credits since 2008"

Tue 06 Oct 2020			IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST			Recipient: 61C2xxxx
REF: pPPNJ6i1							Y/R: Parks 10-yr Plans 2020-2030

PUBLIC INTEREST  - SOME COUNCILS PURCHASING CARBON CREDITS SINCE 2008

There have been some very interesting responses from Councils about how long 
they have planning for zero carbon emissions and planning for purchasing Carbon 
Credits including these examples:

A  NSW Inner West Council - start purchasing "genuine offsets closer to 2025"
B  Vic Monash Council - net zero emissions by 2025
C  Vic Horsham Council - Agenda Jun 2020 - implementation zero carbon plan
D  Vic Maribyrnong Council - purchasing Carbon Credits since 2008

A  NSW INNER WEST COUNCIL - START PURCHASING GENUINE OFFSETS IN 2025

Email from Council 10 Jan 2020 

"Council is not planning to offset community emissions at this point in time. 

Council is planning to purchase genuine offsets closer to 2025 so that the Council 
operations are only carbon neutral but wants to limit the amount of offsets needed by 
implementing carbon reduction projects between now and 2025.

These offsets will adhere to the Australian National Carbon Offsets Standard.

That was the content of an Inner West Council [IWC] email on 10 Jan 2020 yet the 
Council had published in Aug 2019 as part of the IWC "Climate + Renewables 
Strategy [CRS]" fig 7 "Unsustainable Consumption 41 Tonnes per household per 
annum- research by Sydney Uni Aug 2019 for IWC"  - population of over 198,000 in 
80,000+ households

B  VIC MONASH COUNCIL - NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2025

Mr Mayor we have reviewed your web-site as directed by yourself

There was no response to a search for "Carbon Credits" and the only item we could 
find under Climate Change was the Environmental Sustainability Strategy [ESS] 
2016 - 2026

This document does not contain any reference to Carbon Credits

We note that Monash Council-Declare A Climate Emergency-on 27th August 2019 
and "The next meeting of Monash Council will consider a motion from the 
Environmental Advisory Committee, {which includes 3 Council members), 
recommends Council declares a Climate Emergency"

We also note on that 27 Feb 2020 Monash Council committed to net Zero emissions 
by 2025

"Monash Council has committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2025 as part of 
a raft of strategies to tackle climate change Council made this commitment at its 
February 2020 meeting. 

A further report for a whole of Council climate action plan will come before the 
September 2020 Council meeting.

Key projects identified include:

A Participating in the Local Government Power Purchase Agreement for up to 100%  
  renewable energy for all electricity use

B Major roads street lighting changeover to LED lights

C Major infrastructure upgrades of high energy usage sites, including our aquatic 
  centres, to reduce energy use

D Investment in solar panels at key sites

E Expanding the use of electric and hybrid vehicles in Council's fleet

F Investment in Carbon Offset sourced from local businesses

G Increase the use of recycled content materials in council projects

H The purchase of carbon offsets, when required, from businesses located within
  the City of Monash, wherever possible

I A commitment to protecting and enhancing our green spaces and tree canopy.

C  HORSHAM CL - AGENDA JUN 2020 - IMPLEMENTATION ZERO CARBON PLAN

Agenda 01 Jun 2020

HRCC Sustainability Projects - 				Capital Au$ 109,000

HRCC Zero Carbon Plan						Au$ 100,000

HRCC Community Halls Solar Roofing - 			Capital Au$  50,000

Agenda 11 May 2020

5.1 Promote Sustainability by encouraging sound environmental practice

5.1.01 Investigate opportunities for the use of Renewable energy for Council facilities
including implementing a Biomass Boiler system at the Aquatic Centre and Solar Panels 
where feasible on Council buildings and facilities 

80% Several major installations completed including Town Hall, aquatic centre and library. 
Small halls advancing with budget provision in 2020/21 budget for more. 

5.1.02 Review Council's Environment Sustainability Strategy and lead the community in 
environmentally sustainable practices to improve management of our natural environment 

75% Reduced focus on Sustainability Strategy in order to complete Zero Carbon Plan. 
Consultant has been appointed and works on the Zero Carbon Plan have commenced. 

5.1.03 Develop a Climate Change Response Strategy for Council operations 

5% Not advanced beyond start work on Sustainability Strategy and Zero Carbon Plan.

D  VIC MARIBYRNONG CL - PURCHASING CARBON CREDITS SINCE 2008

Dear Clare

As far as carbon credits go, the City has been buying them for about 20 years, 
starting with its declaration to become carbon neutral. I'm not sure of the 
current cost of that. 

Cheers			

Councillor xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Zero Carbon Council

Council recognises that we are in a state of Climate Emergency that requires urgent 
action from all levels of government to reduce carbon emissions and restore a safe 
climate at emergency speed.

As part of this commitment, Council will continue to take action to reduce and 
manage our carbon footprint to achieve net zero carbon emissions each year.

Achieving Zero Carbon

Council first achieved net zero corporate CO2 emissions in 2015.

Each year, Council calculate the greenhouse gas emissions that we generate 
through activities such as electricity use, transport and other activities.

Our first priority is to reduce these greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible 
by changing the way that we operate, increasing the energy efficiency of buildings, 
installing renewable energy, and investing in new technology.

Council then undertake a carbon accounting process, to ensure that any remaining 
emissions can be offset.

Carbon offset units are generated from activities that prevent, reduce or remove 
greenhouse gas emissions being released into the atmosphere, such as tree planting 
and revegetation projects. 

When the number of offsets acquired by Council equal the total emissions produced 
by Council, we achieve zero carbon corporate status.

As part of our Zero Carbon Maribyrnong commitment, Council compile annual 
audited carbon emissions statements.  

For each year that Council has achieved Zero Carbon status, a statement is provided
below"

A copy of 1 page out of 12 of the "2014/15 Zero Carbon Emissions Disclosure Statement" 
is attached for your consideration - will there be a similar statement required for 
each IWC Household at some stage ?.

Regards

Clare GARDINER						
Researcher							
PETERSHAM PARK WASTE COLLECTIVE [PPWC]	

B: PO Box 117 Petersham 2049
E: PPWC.rs1@gmail.com
M: {61}(4)4827-8153
W: www.oic.org/SAN/612131

Below are examples of support emails including:

Unlike your correspondent I am very interested in the PPWC news and work but as a 
matter of practicality don't you think it would be easier to just not deliver the 
newsletter to the person in question rather than wasting your time and energy 
explaining the difference in junk mail and public interest and engaging in 
correspondence with the person?.  

It is a bit like trying to deal with a troll on social media.

I thank you for all you do on behalf of us all

Dear Editor,

Rather than legal or technical debates about whether this newsletter constitutes junk 
mail, I prefer a more abstract, emotional truth. 

While an unaddressed, mass-printed piece of paper would normally constitute junk 
mail, my September edition had lines that were clearly highlighted by hand.

This act of personalisation, to my mind, means that it is a valid piece of mail. 

While I have no understanding of its purpose or context, the PPWC newsletter is 
therefore welcome in my mailbox. 

Regards,


According to the Australian Austlii site "Public Interest" is

THE PUBLIC INTEREST WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT DO WE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS 
Chris Wheeler*** 

The issue 

Acting in the public interest is a concept that is fundamental to a 
representative democratic system of government and to good public administration. 

However, this commonly used concept is, in practice, particularly complex, and 
presents two major obstacles to governments and their public officials acting in the 
public interest: 

o firstly, while it is one of the most used terms in the lexicon of public administration, 
it is arguably the least defined and least understood - few public officials would have 
any clear idea what the term actually means and what its ramifications are in practice. 

o secondly, identifying or determining the appropriate public interest in any particular 
case is often no easy task - as Lyndon B Johnson once said: 'Doing what's right isn't 
the problem. It's knowing what's right'.

The concept - acting in the public interest

The over-arching obligation on public officials

Public officials have an over-arching obligation to act in the Public Interest.

They must perform their official functions and duties, and exercise any discretionary 
powers, in ways that promote the public interest that is applicable to their official 
functions. 

The primary purpose of non-elected public officials is to serve. Serving the public 
interest is one of the four dimensions of this primary purpose, the other three 
dimensions being: 

1  to serve the Parliament and the government of the day (not applicable to all public 
   officials); 

2  to serve their employing agency (where applicable), and 

3  to serve the public as customers or clients. 

Associated with each of these four dimensions of service are various conduct 
standards with which public officials in democratic countries are commonly expected 
to comply, each with its own objective(s). 

Experience has shown that there will be times when a public official will need to 
balance conflicting or incompatible conduct standards or objectives - where the 
public official has to make a decision that will serve one objective, but not another, or 
one more than another. 

While there is some flexibility inherent in the various conduct standards with which 
public officials are commonly expected to comply, the fundamental principle must be 
that public officials must resolve any such conflicts or incompatibilities in ways that 
do not breach their obligation to act in the public interest.

*** Deputy NSW Ombudsman. Chris has over 20 years experience in investigations and 
extensive experience in management and public administration. 

He has worked in State and local government organisations in NSW and Victoria, and 
in private legal practice.

According to Wikipedia the definition of Public Interest is

Main article: Public interest law

"Public interest law" is a term that became widely adopted in the United States during 
and after the social turmoil of the 1960s. 

It built upon a tradition exemplified by Louis Brandeis, who before becoming a U.S. 
Supreme Court justice incorporated advocacy for the interests of the general public into 
his legal practice. 

In a celebrated 1905 speech, Brandeis decried the legal profession, complaining that 
"able lawyers have to a large extent allowed themselves to become adjuncts of great 
corporations and have neglected their obligation to use their powers for the protection of 
the people." [6] 

In the late 1960s and 1970s, large numbers of American law school graduates began to 
seek "relevance" in their work - wishing to have an effect on the social issues that were 
so visibly and hotly debated within American society at that time. 

They defined themselves as public interest lawyers in order to distinguish themselves 
from the "corporate adjuncts" referred to by Brandeis.[7]

Public interest law does not describe a body of law or a legal field; the term was adopted 
to describe whom the public interest lawyers were representing, rather than what matters 
they would work on. 

Instead of representing powerful economic interests, they chose to be advocates for 
otherwise underrepresented individuals".

According to Google the definition of "Junk" mail is 

"unwanted or unsolicited advertising or promotional material received through 
the post or sent as email"

from:	xxxxxxxxx
to:	Clare GARDINER 
date:	14 Aug 2020, 15:40
subject:	RE: Junk Mail

Dear Clare

Are you serious???

My address shouldn't matter - if there is a NO JUNK MAIL sign on the letter 
box, don't deliver said Junk Mail into the letter box. It's that simple!

I received a further copy of your (alleged) 'Newsletter' on the 3rd of August 
and so I followed up my initial request (which you failed to acknowledge), with 
a repeat request. 

Are you trying to say to me that I want to waste my time liaising with you, to 
request you cease doing something I have already asked you to stop doing, 
because I am bored or enjoy these interactions with you?? Please…….

The fact you didn't acknowledge my first email AND failed to take account of 
your (repeated) mistakes by accusing of lying is as preposterous as it is 
laughable.

Like I said above, this is very simple:

Don't deliver your 'Newsletter' to mailboxes that don't want to receive 
Junk Mail - which is what your newsletter is!

Enjoy your weekend

Warm regards"

xxxxxxxxx


This response to the email 15:40 14 Aug 2020 from XXXXXXXXXX has been reviewed 
and approved by the Sponsors of the "Petersham Park Waste Collective [PPWC]"


Stephen GOULD				Peter AXTENS LLB (Retired)
Sponsor Co-ordinator		Legal Officer
OPEN INTERCHANGE CONSORTIUM	SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK [SAN]

E: ehn.1a3posgg@gmail.com
M: {61}(4)1600-9468

Below are examples of support emails including:

1	support email received on 16:25 Wed 02 Sep 2020:

Hi Stephen & Clare

Unlike your correspondent I am very interested in the PPWC news and work but 
as a matter of practicality don't you think it would be easier to just not 
deliver the newsletter to the person in question rather than wasting your 
time and energy explaining the difference in junk mail and public interest 
and engaging in correspondence with the person?.  

It is a bit like trying to deal with a troll on social media.

I thank you for all you do on behalf of us all

2	Councillor Fiona
Fri 8/21/2020 1:50 PM

Dear Clare,
 
Thank you for the care you are showing to our world.
 
Kind regards
 

3	Councillor Geoff

Hi Geoff – thanks for your response 
 
Hope it helps explain what we believe is 
happening behind the scenes 
 
regards 
 
 
Clare GARDINER    

Cr Geoff 
Wed 8/19/2020 8:02 PM

It does


I	Other Inner West Council Documents that are part of the CSP2036

	a	Strategies
	b	Plans
	c	Statements
	r	Research References

a	Strategies

Is1 Resourcing Strategy [ReS] 2018-2028 Adopted Jun 2018- PDF File		
Is2 Climate + Renewables Strategy [CRS] - draft On-line		
Is3 Employment and Retail Lands Strategy [EaRLS] - PDF File		
Is4 Housing Strategy [HS] - PDF File
Is5 Integrated Transport Strategy [ITS] Adopted 03 Mar 2020 - PDF File
Is6 Asset Management Strategy [AMS]2018-28 Adopted Jun 2018 - PDF File		
Is7 Workforce Management Strategy [WMS] 2018-22 Adopted Jun 2018 - PDF File		
Is8 Information and Communication Technology [ICT] Strategy 2018-2022 Adopted Jun 2018 - PDF File

b	Plans

Ip1 Community Strategic Plan [CSP] 2036 Endorsed Jun 2019 - On-line
Ip2 Economic Strategic Development Plan [EDSP] draft - On-line
Ip3 Long Term Financial Plan 2019-2029 Adopted Jun 2019 - PDF File

c	Statements

It1 Local Planning Statement [LPS]		

r	References

R6 2019-01-19 Adelaide Advertiser: Compensation paid to Slave Owners 1835 - 2015 (180 yrs)

R5 2003-2014 Value of Volunteers to Australian State Economies

R4 2014-11-07 IBM "Blockchain" solution for the Diamond Industry Video

R3 1997 Lessons from a Dozen Years of Group Support Systems Research - 4,000 IBM projects

R2 Sir Evelyn de Rothschild - Director De Beers 1977-1994 & IBM UK 1972-1995

R1 1987-04-23 RUBAC Automatic eProcess Synchronisation Video

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