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Over 200 women in Gippsland, Victoria had an opportunity to tackle some of the hot issues in their communities and provide local, on the ground…

President of the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA), Councillor Mike Montgomery, believes that cost shifting, urban and regional growth, and the threat of development assessment…

The tabling on 24 November 2003 of the Commonwealth House of Representatives Inquiry into Cost Shifting onto Local Government recommends a major overhaul of intergovernmental…

Speaking at the Local Government Association of NSW Annual Conference, President, Councillor Sara Murray, said the three major challenges facing Councils in the State were…

Two years on from celebrating our Centenary of Federation, the tabling of the Cost Shifting Inquiry Report has the potential to provide a mechanism for…

In each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Councillor John Legoe, President of the Local Government…

The national winners of the 2003 Heart Foundation Kellogg Local Government Awards were presented at the General Assembly of Local Government in Canberra on 24…

A new nine week music exploration program, ‘Amp it up’, funded by Sydney’s Ashfield Council is helping local young people with a disability express themselves…

The Shire of Esperance, located 720 kilometres south east of Perth, predominantly has agricultural industries underpinning the economy. In addition to agricultural produce, the Port…

The Good Oil by Rod Brown * In a recent address to a Melbourne audience, Trade Minister Mark Vaile justified the Australian Government’s spate of…

Local Councils in three states have taken national awards in the 2003 National Safer Communities Awards, promoted by Emergency Management Australia (EMA). Towong Shire in…

Melbourne’s City of Port Phillip recently received the Nations in Bloom award in the world’s only international competition based on management of the environment and…