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I am very pleased to be contributing to National Perspective and Local Government Focus again for 2003. With a raft of issues important to Local…

Local Governments across Australia have stressed the need to improve the national transport network in their responses to the Federal Government’s AusLink discussion paper The…

A new seminar series will assist businesses to become investment ready and identify and access investment opportunities. Investment experts will work with local finance professionals…

Innovative use of spatial information for better planning and policy development A key aim of the recently completed Greater Western Sydney Spatial Project (GWSspatial) was…

The Australian regional aviation sector has been adjusting to difficult market conditions for a long time and right now is facing new and complex challenges…

Healthy and safe communities; economic growth and life education and training in regional Australia are key focuses for the two-year term of the new Regional…

Last year’s bomb attack in Bali took a terrible toll on all Australians.The victims of those attacks—their families, friends, colleagues and team mates—came from many…

You may find that families ask you or your staff about financial assistance for families from time to time. The Commonwealth Government offers a range…

New Standardised Funding Agreements being introduced by a number of Commonwealth Government departments are aimed at streamlining access and management of funding grants to communities.…

AusLink a key concern for 2003 Newly elected President of the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA), Councillor Mike Montgomery, from Moree Plains Shire in New…

– Asia Pacific inaugural Congress ‘Local Government Leading Sustainable Communities’ is the theme of the first ever International Union of Local Authorities – Asia Pacific…

In this, our first edition for 2003, we feature some of the key issues raised at the National General Assembly of Local Government, staged in…