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Melbourne’s Bayside City Council is taking action to ensure that the new North Brighton Children’s Centre has the cleanest playground in town. As part of…

The Green Globe 21 Benchmarking is awarded to travel and tourism communities and operators, in recognition of their abilities to demonstrate environmental, social and economic…

The City of Darebin is offering its staff interest free bike loans as part of Council’s Green Travel Plan that aims to encourage staff to…

The offensive smell and remnant contents of waste disposal bins are a widespread problem in most municipalities. Flats, restaurants, schools, businesses, and in fact anywhere…

A successful program at Parramatta City Council has seen a two way benefit to Council and participating trainees in bush and environmental regeneration. Commencing in…

Covering an area of almost 19,000 square kilometres, with a population of just under 3,500 people, Carrathool Shire is located about halfway between Adelaide and…

Being remote need not be a barrier Council believes that infrastructure support and an environmental management system are the two vital elements for increased growth…

Council’s recent purchase of a Toyota Prius, a car with a low emissions hybrid petrol/electric engine, is being used as a promotional tool to focus…

In line with its long term strategic planning, Carrathool Shire is working to have its operations accredited to the world’s leading environmental standard, ISO 14001,…

Over the past decade a number of new industries have moved into the Shire. In the two years to June 2001 almost $40 million worth…

The recent growth of business activity in the Shire has been encouraged and supported by Council through infrastructure developments; improved telecommunications; and meeting the housing…

Travellers heading north to outback Queensland or the Northern Territory along the Kidman Way will come across Carrathool Shire. With its diversity of wide open…