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The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) held its 2002 Annual Conference at the Sofitel Hotel in Melbourne on 31 October and 1 November.More than 200…

Positive outcomes of ‘Open boundaries – fairer playing fields’ are written all over the faces of these three young women snapped recently at the Launceston…

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…