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Redefining Local Government in Tasmania
Tasmania’s 92nd Local Government Annual Conference provided the forum for the State’s new Premier, Paul Lennon, to make his first official address to the sector.…
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Mentoring program earns gold for Launceston
A mentoring program that recruits volunteers from the community to work with under performing students has been named Tasmania’s top Local Government project. Launceston City…
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Roads technology forum
The 2004 Road System and Engineering Technology Forum will be held at the Bardon Conference Centre in Brisbane on 4–6 August. The technology forum has…
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Asset Management
Strategic focus to close sustainability gap Hosted by the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV), the inaugural International Local Government Asset Management Conference, staged in Melbourne…
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AusLink White Paper
The Australian Government has released its new land transport plan, AusLink describing it as the equivalent of two Snowy Mountains Schemes. It earmarks $11.8 billion…
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Model DA update
More than 300 Local Government, State and Territory Governments, industry groups, private sector and community groups took part in the first stage of a consultation…
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New South Wales Minister’s council squad sparks new merger row
The New South Wales State Government and the Opposition have clashed over council amalgamations focusing on a special investigation squad set up by the Local…
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Conference to explore structural reform alternatives for NSW
The Local Government Minister, Tony Kelly, will be the keynote speaker at a conference looking at structural reform options being implemented by Councils in New…
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Recycle collection made easy *
Dakota Industries specialises in the design and manufacture of steel containers for the waste industry. With its new state of the art manufacturing plant in…
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Sustainable growth
The UK Experience by Malcolm Morley * Central Government’s growth agenda means that Councils are facing pressures for development from many directions. They are also…
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Landscape is more than just trees and grass in Tea Tree Gully
The City of Tea Tree Gully Urban Landscape Master Plan has created a shift in Local Government thinking. Landscape is often used as an equivalent…
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Greene-Eden – still the one for sub-surface drip irrigation
After installing several million metres of drip tube, specifically into sub-surface drip systems, the proof that Greene Eden Watering Systems work – and work well…
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