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Governor General acknowledges Local Government’s vital role
In officially opening this year’s National General Assembly of Local Government, the Governor General, Peter Hollingworth, emphasised the importance of Local Government in promoting citizenship…
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Assembly heads to Alice Springs
As part of 2002 The Year of the Outback, next year the National General Assembly of Local Government will be staged in Alice Springs from…
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Community development – with no rules just do it
First elected to Local Government at the age of 19 and later serving as Mayor of Christchurch New Zealand for nine years, Vicki Buck presented…
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Nundle – a town not ready to die
Many rural towns around Australia are in rapid decline. However, Peter Howarth is not about letting his town of Nundle go down the same path.…
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Building healthy, enterprising communities
According to Peter Kenyon, Director of Bank of IDEAS (Initiatives for the Development of Enterprising Action and Strategies), it is all about going back to…
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Responding to the unimaginable
Immediately after the attacks on the World Trade Centre, New York City was without an emergency centre as it was located on the 23rd floor…
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ALGA Executive 2001/2002
At the Annual General Meeting of the ALGA, which followed the General Assembly, Councillor John Ross, representing the Local Government Association of South Australia, was…
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Land Councils join LGA
Following a change in its constitution, the NSW Local Government Association officially welcomed 13 Aboriginal Land Councils as members of the Association during the opening…
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Wastewater reuse a winner
Albury City Council’s Wastewater scheme was named ‘Overall Winner’ at the annual Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia – NSW Division Awards for excellence in…
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Editorial
By the time this edition of Focus is published, we will either be beginning a third term of the Howard/Costello Government or have a new…
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President’s Comment
In each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Mayor Lynn Mason, President of the Local Government…
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Meeting Council’s procurement needs *
NSW Supply, a business unit of the Department of Public Works and Services, is an experienced and professional procurement organisation with extensive experience in meeting…
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