Government and Other Useful Contacts

ACT Government

ACT Legislative Assemblyhttp://www.legassembly.act.gov.au

ACT Governmenthttp://www.act.gov.au

ACT Department of Urban Services (Minister Brendan Smyth) ? This Office is concerned with transport, planning, nature reserves, greenhouse issues, lake and river quality, and endangered species. They can be contacted at 132281, PO Box 144 Lyneham ACT 2602, urbanservices@dpa.act.gov.au or see http://www.act.gov.au/urbanservices.

Environment ACT ? This area is composed of: ACT Heritage; ACT Parks and Conservation; Air and Noise; Flora and Fauna; Environmental Management Authority; Chemicals; Water; Compliance and Quarantine; Wildlife Resource and Monitoring; Environment Policy and Legislation; and Conservation and Land Management. They can be contacted on 6207 9777 and see http://www.act.gov.au/environ/

Planning and Land Management (PALM) ? PALM deals with building approvals; dangerous goods management; and land use, development, information, and planning. They can be contacted on 6207 1926, fax 6207 1925, Ground Floor 16 Challis Street Dickson, palm@palm.act.gov.au or see http://www.palm.act.gov.au

ACT Forests can be contacted on (02) 6207 2486.

ACT Waste can be contacted on (02) 6207 6323.

Australian Contacts

For more information on lobbying, see the web site titled "How to lobby politicians" at http://www.zeta.org.au/~aldis/lobby.html

The Local Member for Parliament is Senator Kate Lundy (Senator for the ACT). Write to her at 11 London Circuit Canberra City. Phone: (02) 6230 0411 and Fax: (02) 6230 0413. Email at senator.lundy@aph.gov.au

Environment Australia - the Department of Environment and Heritage is the national counterpart of the ACT Department of Urban Services. Within this Department is the Biodiversity Group; Australian Greenhouse Office; the Bureau of Meteorology; the Australian Heritage Commission; the Great Barrier Marine Park Authority; and the Department of Threatened Species. It produces the State of the Environment Report Australia and represents Australia in international meetings, including dealing with World Heritage issues. See http://www.environment.gov.au/index.html

Warren Truss

Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: (02) 6277 7520 and fax (02) 734120

Email: W.Truss.MP@aph.gov.au

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