News
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Rockhampton history
Rockhampton residents will be able to list significant local landmarks on a new register aimed at preserving the City’s rich heritage. Planning and Development Committee…
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Keith and Betsy
The East Gippsland Shire Mobile Library Service – more commonly known as ‘the Bookie’ – recently celebrated 40 years of service. The Bookie has survived…
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Counting down to
Western Australia’s City of Geraldton has launched a campaign to mark the official countdown to the Indian Ocean Masters Games.Council will give $50,000 to the…
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Safe, reliable, easy
In an era when people are spending less and less time together, what better way to catch up with family and friends than organise a…
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Sub-surface watering
Sub-surface drip irrigation can save around 40 per cent in water consumption when compared with a surface pop-up sprinkler system, and even more when compared…
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Planting for citizenship
How would you select a house warming gift for 70,000 to 80,000 people who come from 200 countries and are your new neighbours? That’s the…
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ASF working with Councils
A brochure on the Australian Sports Foundation (ASF) and its work supporting the development of sport through sporting and community organisations has been made available…
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Major NAIDOC award
Kempsey Shire Council has formally congratulated a local resident who is the 2003 National Aboriginal and Islander Day Organising Committee (NAIDOC) Youth of the Year.…
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Research on Local Government
The National Youth Affairs Research Scheme (NYARS) was established in the late 1980s as a cooperative arrangement between the Federal, State and Territory Governments to…
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Land Council and WALGA
In the biggest native title arrangement of its kind in Australia, representatives of 105 Western Australian Local Governments and the State’s largest Indigenous community have…
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Toowoomba kids surf
Toowoomba City Council believes it has built Queensland’s first Spacenet – a wire mesh climbing jungle that is 5.8 m high and 13 m wide.…
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Australia’s colour city
It’s not difficult to see why Orange is called Australia’s Colour City, as a walk or drive around the city or surrounds at any time…