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Brimbank City Council controls budget cycle
Brimbank is the fourth fastest growing municipality in metropolitan Melbourne. This growth brings a need to streamline existing business practices and the immediate challenge was…
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Granito Tactiles – paving the streets of Australia
Independent mobility is vital. Most of us take it for granted, oblivious to the dangers that present themselves daily to a significant number of vision…
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Cost effectiveness in bridge building at Kilkivan
An upgrade of three timber bridges to a precast concrete modular bridge system has seen Queensland’s Kilkivan Shire Council reap exceptional rewards from its results.…
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Non-feasance: A solution in WA
A workshop to be held in Western Australia in August 2002 will highlight the AUS-SPEC #4 Road Reserve Maintenance System as a defence to fill…
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Staff design overcomes inefficiencies
With 11 pump stations requiring regular and ongoing maintenance, the Plumbing Unit at George Town Council in Tasmania, developed a trailable pump lift that has…
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Managing community facilities and the GST
The introduction of the GST under the New Tax System led to Gosford City Council and many of its local voluntary organisations to rethink the…
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How Blacktown tackled the GST and the GST
With the introduction of the GST on 1 July 2000, the task faced by Local Councils, like all other Australian businesses, was to put in…
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Australia’s Red Centre
You’ll never never know if you never never goYou’ll never never know if you never never go Alice Springs with its perfect sunny days and famous blue skies is the ideal base to…
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State of the art venue for shaping the future of Local Government
As part of the celebrations of the Year of the Outback, this year’s National General Assembly of Local Government will take place in Alice Springs.…
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Tourism Futures
Building on its established position as a tourist mecca, Alice Springs Town Council is working on a joint project with CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems and the…
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Community ownership of public open space
Council has formed a unique partnership with the residents of Alice Springs in answer to increased community concern being voiced over a perceived lack of…
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Building on the skills of outdoor staff
Working with Centralian College, Council has developed a training and assessment curriculum based on the new nationally recognised competencies for Local Government operational works. This…