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Miriam Vale a prime example of what can be achieved when Local Government works in partnership with the Commonwealth Residents of Discovery Coast have lived…

The first socially responsible investment fund developed exclusively for Councils in Australia was launched in October. The Local Government Ethical Fund was introduced by Local…

South Australia’s City of Onkaparinga took out the Financial Management category in the 2002 National Awards for Local Government. This award recognises and acknowledges the…

The UK Experience by Malcolm Morley * Central Government in the UK has set a target for all Council services to be capable of being…

The Tax Essentials For Local Government (TELG) product is designed to provide all staff in Local Government with the tools they need to understand GST…

The Local Government Association of Queensland and a CPA who managed the corporatisation of Wide Bay Water, an arm of Hervey Bay City Council, were…

Bass Coast Shire Council has received the 2002 Liability Risk Management Excellence Award, sponsored by Civic Mutual Plus (CMP). CMP insures 77 of the 78…

The City of Fremantle has received the Western Australian Local Government Association’s highest honour, the Alcoa Leadership Award. This award recognises true leadership, extensive community…

NSW Supply develops and administers period contracts, also known as ‘standing offers’, on behalf of the State Contracts Control Board (SCCB). NSW Supply period contracts…

Queensland’s Logan City Council has created a credit card reconciliation system to improve its accounting and recording process for credit card purchases. The Quickrec system…

This is the fifth year that Coffs Harbour City Council has staged this major IT event on the Local Government calendar. Running from 20 to…

Depot workers at the City of Whittlesea, in Melbourne’s north, have just clocked up more than 500 days of work without a lost time injury.…