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Agreement on the rights and obligations of Indigenous communities and Local Governments in Greenough and Geraldton has taken a leap forward with the release of…

A regular feature this month profiling two Councillors from South Australia Councillor Rita Blieschke, Port Pirie Regional Council, South Australia Q. How long have you…

With a rich mining history and rugged natural landscape, Mount Magnet offers visitors an outback experience to remember. Located 500 kms north west of Perth,…

By Devon Gilmour * In response to The Good Oil column by Rod Brown in the March issue of Local Government Focus, there are a…

Four tonne of melons and seven days of events are the culmination of a very successful Chinchilla Melon Festival. A biennial event, the Festival is…

The President of East Timor, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, has described the Victorian Local Governance Association’s (VLGA) East Timor Friendship Program as ‘magnificent’. Delivering the…

The Murray Darling Association is well aware of the Environmental Flows problem and its potential impact on Local Government and their communities in and beyond…

The 15th Women, Management and Employment Relations Conference on equal employment and workplace culture will be held in Sydney on 24–25 July 2003. This high…

Adelaide City Council is placing all Category Three development applications on its web site at www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/cat3da so people can lodge comments and objections via the…

An old public housing estate will be transformed into a new development called Mitchell on Avon, forming a gateway to the township of Northam in…

Australia is a dynamic and diverse society. Almost a quarter of Australia’s 19.7 million people were born overseas. Together, we make up a successful, cohesive…

Presented in Sydney on 5 April 2003, in addition to taking out Australia’s Tidiest Town Award, Western Australia’s town of Wyalkatchem was presented with the…