Ipswich City Council

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Ipswich wins another national environment award

26 October 2009

IPSWICH has won the Environmental Innovation and Protection award at Australia at the Keep Australia Beautiful Australian Sustainable Cities Awards held in Canberra at the weekend.

Mayor Paul Pisasale was ecstatic to add yet another major environmental award to the city's list of achievements.

"We already hold the mantle as one of the world's most liveable cities for our size and we have won a national Environment Award, so our credentials speak for themselves.

"The way things are going we are going to have to get another, bigger, trophy case because the City of Ipswich keeps on kicking goals.

"Ipswich is playing its role in the western corridor by accommodating population growth with the backing of the state government's South East Queensland Regional Plan.

"We have told a rush of developers who are knocking on our door that we are always happy to work with good developers who respect the environment."

Cr Pisasale said it was such an honour to be selected as Queensland's Most Sustainable City last month and to now gain the national award for Environmental Innovation and Protection was yet another feather in the cap for the community of Ipswich who were witnessing such a tremendous transformation of Queensland's first city.

"This really lets the rest of Australia know what hard work is going into the environment in Ipswich."

Environment and Conservation Committee chairperson Cr Cheryl Bromage said the city was proud to have impressed the national judging panel.

"Ipswich won the regional Tidy Towns Award earlier this year and was honoured to reach the finals of another Keep Australia Beautiful (KAB) campaign.

"Keep Australia Beautiful's main aim is inspiring all Australians to strive for a sustainable and litter free environment," Cr Bromage said.

"This new award is something for the whole city to be proud of," Cr Bromage said.

The New South Wales city of Canada Bay was the overall winner at the awards presentation held at Parliament House, Canberra.

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