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Update: AILA and Sustainable SITES™

ACCC releases free online education program for small businesses

Brisbane City Council: Woolloongabba Link by AECOM

Korean War Memorial in Moore Park, designed by GroupGSA (formerly Pod) and Jane Cavanough, declared military memorial of national significance.
Images: Korean War Memorial

Landscape Architecture Australia: Centenary issue launch - Canberra, 6 May.

Call for assistance: November issue of Landscape Architecture Australia

Access Awareness: Updated handbooks now available.

5th International Symposium on Landscape and Urban Horticulture, Brisbane: 17-24 August 2014

29th International Horticultural Congress: Brisbane, 17-22 August 2014.
Call for Abstracts open.

International competition: Zaryadye Park, Moscow.
Applications open 19 April - 22 May.

AIA Tour: A journey through architecture and time: Down the Yangtze from the mountains to the sea (PDF 1.34MB)

Kerb Journal: Call for submissions now open

Invasive Species Council Survey: Who's tackling invasive species in Australia?

Australian International Design Awards: Presentation ceremony - 30 May

Architizer A+ Awards: Blaxland Riverside Park Regional Playspace by JMD design awarded Landscapes and Gardens Jury Award

Arboriculture Australia: 2013 Annual Conference, Trade Show, Workshops and Australian Tree Climbing Championships, 26-30 April 2013

Australian Award for Urban Design 2013: nominations close 13 May, 2013.
Nomination kit (PDF)

Centenary of Canberra Design Competition: The Lodge on the Lake

LANDMARK is now online

CAPiTheticAL: Winners announced: Ecoscape takes first prize.

Radio National: National Arboretum

ICTC 2013 Conference: Dynamic Cities - Vibrant, Liveable & Innovative
Mandurah, Western Australia
Call for Papers now open; abstracts due 19 April 2013.

CCAA Public Domain Awards 2013: Entry now open.
Submissions due by 31 May, 2013.

National Trust Heritage Awards: Entry deadline 11 March, 2013

ASLA: US Survey Identifies Top Outdoor Living Trends for 2013

Parks Forum: Green Flag Award winners announced

ASLA: ASLA joins EPA's ENERGY STAR Low Carbon IT campaign

The Dirt: ASLA announces the year of public service

The Dirt: Designed Ecologies: The Landscape Architecture of Kongjian Yu

World Environment Day Awards: Nominations open 4 February

Eclas Conference 2013: Call for Papers now open

Former News

10 - 12 April: IFLA World Congress, Auckland, NZ

12 - 13 April: Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning

Green Roofs Australasia: Virtual Summit, 12 February - 13 March, 2013

Transiting Cities: Low Carbon Futures Competition winners announced

YOUNG.HOT.CANBERRA exhibition: 12 January - 23 February, 2013

City of Charles Sturt: Henley Square Urban Design Competition
Registration closes 4 February, 2013

Major Tender Opportunity
Public Realm Master Plan and Consultancy Services for Enhancement of Singapore's Civic District  - the Reference number is URA/T/12/054

Time to talk to your local federal politician about this one:
COAG letting foxes guard the hen house,
The Canberra Times

The Architect's Newspaper:
Editorial - Landscape Architecture's Ascendance

University of Adelaide: Questionnaire - Analysis and Evaluation of Civic Space

Department of Infrastucture and Transport:
State of Australian Cities 2012

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events

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2013

26-30 April
Arboriculture Australia: 2013 Annual Conference, Trade Show, Workshops and Australian Tree Climbing Championships

8 May
National Trust Heritage Awards 2013

13 and 14 May
VANZI Conference and Expo 2013

13-15 May
3rd International Green Roof Conference
Hamburg

22-24 August
AILA National Conference, Sydney

21-24 September
Australian Landscape Conference, Melbourne

22-25 September
ECLAS Conference, Hamburg

2014

17-24 August
5th International Symposium on Landscape and Urban Horticulture, Brisbane

17-22 August
29th International Horticultural Congress, Brisbane