THE Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee recently inquired and reported into tax changes aimed at promoting investment in carbon sinks.

Belinda Coates will stand as a candidate for the Central Ward in the pending Ballarat City Council election in November.

Belinda previously stood as Greens candidate for Ballarat West in the 2006 state election and for the federal seat of Ballarat in the 2007 election. She will stand as endorsed Greens candidate for the Council election in November. Belinda has always lived in Ballarat and has worked locally as a social worker for the past 15 years.