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Local Government – Leading the way Business & Regional Development Category Winner City of Playford (SA) Best Practice Economic DevelopmentModel for an Industrial Council Rural…

A new framework for national land transport infrastructure planning and funding was announced recently by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional…

A recent advertising campaign encourages people to find out about the hundreds of Commonwealth services available in regional areas. The Commonwealth Regional Information Service campaign,…

The national network of Area Consultative Committees (ACCs) provides an important link between the Federal Government and rural, regional, remote and metropolitan Australia. The network…

The Department of Transport and Regional Services has brought together a number of natural disaster relief and mitigation programmes in its Natural Disaster Management Section.…

The Rural Council Youth Project has been part of significant change in rural and regional Councils’ response to young people in Victoria. Councils’ commitment to…

Over 450 delegates attended the Australian Local Government Association’s (ALGA) third National Local Roads Congress held in Toowoomba on 29 and 30 July. Councillor Mike…

To celebrate the Year of the Outback, Councils around the nation quickly recognised a great opportunity to work with their communities in showcasing what makes…

In each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Councillor Ian Mickel, President of the Western Australian…

The City of Mitcham is the first South Australian Council to trial the use of TendersSA for the letting of open and restricted tenders. Each…

In May this year the City of Wodonga was selected as a finalist at the Australian Business Excellence Awards, in recognition of Council’s focus on…

The Gascoyne Region in Western Australia is holding what is believed to be a world first – ‘The Great Aussie Thong Muster’. As part of…