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Social commentator and former Mayor of St Kilda, the Reverend Tim Costello, was a keynote speaker at the WA Local Government Association’s Annual Conference. Speaking…

The City of Launceston in northern Tasmania recently won two Local Government Association of Tasmania Excellence Awards for excellence and innovation. Council won the Community…

Geraldton Regional Library will publish a book of historical photographs to complement an earlier volume called Geraldton: 150 Years 150 Lives, which was produced to…

Australia’s first meals on wheels service celebrated its 50th birthday on 24 June at the South Melbourne Senior Citizens’ Centre. The first meals were delivered…

The UK Experience by Malcolm Morley * Central Government has developed a Sustainable Communities strategy to raise the quality of life in communities. An investment…

Banyule City Council has developed a mathematical formula to ensure Maternal and Child Health nurses have realistic workloads and families have equitable access to services.…

The historic Queensland Outback gold town, Charters Towers, recently launched its new tourism experience, Charters Towers: Ghosts of Gold. More than 130 years after the…

Each year Local Governments make a tremendous contribution to their communities by conducting citizenship ceremonies. Since the first ceremony in 1949, Councils and Shires throughout…

By Mayor Annette Burke, Palmerston City Council Last April, we had a fundraising auction and launch of the Beacon Foundation process in Palmerston, located 20…

Local Councils have been invited to honour excellent teachers from schools in their localities through the ASG National Excellence in Teaching Awards (NEiTAs). This year,…

Jim Campbell has probably built one of the world’s most remote skate parks – on Christmas Island, 380 km south of Java and 1,585 km…

The City of Whittlesea has issued a cycling challenge to other Melbourne Councils, encouraging them to participate in the 210 km Around the Bay in…