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The Good Oil by Rod Brown * Charles Landry, urban planning guru, has headed back to the UK after a stint as Adelaide’s Thinker in…

A regional success story Community owned Southern Phone Company was a finalist in the Best Regional Telecommunications Provider category of the prestigious Australian Telecom Annual…

A regular feature, this month profiling two Councillors from Tasmania Councillor John Perkins, Latrobe Council, Tasmania Q. How long have you been on Council? I…

How to manage diversity and realise the advantages of a diverse range of skills within a Council organisation have become key goals for Local Government.…

The NSW Government has introduced tougher penalties for building owners or managers who fail to lodge annual fire safety statements with their local Council. The…

At the 2003 Local Government Managers Australia National Congress in Adelaide, FOCUS invited delegates to nominate an individual and team from their Council who are…

The Strengthening Communities Through Women’s Participation (SCWP) Project is offering some excellent resources for women who are potential candidates in Victoria’s November 2004 Local Government…

Hobsons Bay Council and Toyota Australia have won an Australian Business Arts Foundation award for the Bayside Festival. The Prime Minister, John Howard, and the…

Titled ‘What Money Can’t Buy – Community Development, Globalisation and the Market Economy’, the 2003 Local Government Community Services Association (LGCSA) NSW conference, will be…

Last May, East Timor’s first elected government celebrated its first anniversary Brad Collis* reports on a former Melbourne academic’s role in restoring civil administration. In…

By Councillor Rae Perry* Darebin City Council first raised the issue of supporting democratic processes in East Timor with the Victorian Local Governance Association (VLGA)…

Break O’Day Council, on Tasmania’s north east coast, recently won the Gold Award for Excellence at the Local Government Association of Tasmania’s 2003 Annual Conference.…