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Logan City Council is located in Queensland, between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Council has more than 850 employees and its major customers are the…

A series of issues arising simultaneously led to Western Australia’s City of Melville taking the plunge with new technology. This has resulted in new services…

Hurstville City Council is the first Council in a major city to sign a contract to install ‘CivicView’, a wholly Australian product from Pacific Software…

The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA), working with State Local Government Associations, is developing a national approach to online service delivery. ALGA received funding from…

Chairman of the Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway Board, Rusty Priest AM, has acknowledged the support of Canada Bay Council, the NSW Government and a number…

The UK Experience by Malcolm Morley * May in England not only heralds the start of better weather and anticipation of the Rugby World Cup,…

Monash City Council recently won the Australian Safer Community Award – Victorian Local Government category, for its interactive Emergency Management Plan CD. Councils are required…

Specialist Local Government consulting firm, iPlatinum Pty Ltd, has introduced a software solution to streamline and automate strategic planning for Local Government. Known as OutcomeManager,…

Camden Council, in south west Sydney, had considered implementing full border protection on its network but felt the danger of attack was such a low…

Twelve months ago, in an Australian first, the City of Botany Bay began to broadcast Council meetings and committee meetings live on the web via…

Caloundra City Council’s free internet mapping service recently won a Special Achievement in GIS Award at the 22nd International ESRI Annual User Conference in San…

Local Governments all over Australia do good things, and one of the things they do best is create piles of information. Meeting minutes and agendas,…