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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.…

By Warwick Purdy * Blue Mountains City Council (BMCC) has developed an integrated Risk Management Strategy incorporating email security in an attempt to mitigate or…

At the recent Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) Annual Conference, held on 31 October and 1 November, the opportunity for Local Governments to employ more…

Over the past 12 months, staff at Glamorgan Spring Bay Council, located on the east coast of Tasmania, have been developing a customised accounting database…

Adelaide City Council recently won a major LGA Mutual Liability Scheme award for its innovative approach to business planning and its assessment and management of…

The Local Government Association of South Australia Conference in Adelaide on 10 and 11 October 2002 saw the launch of a new service enabling smaller…

Cairns City Council received a commendation at the 2002 National Awards for Local Government for its financial management plan to improve management of outstanding rates…

The effluent pump station is 45 kilometres away so you have to make the drive. After all, what other options are there? You could put…

In an Australian first, Blue Mountains City Council will use leading edge technology to recycle its roads, saving ratepayers money and to protecting the environment.…

Under a joint agreement, Western Australia’s Kellerberrin and Tammin Shires now share the same senior management team. The move to share senior staff was a…

Australian Vinyls Corporation, along with Peteron Plastics and ACI Plastics, participates in the ‘Vinyl Cycle’ program which involves the kerbside collection of PVC bottles and…