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Mentoring Local Government leaders in QLD
Mentoring has always been seen as a strategic way to enhance skills, raise profiles and progress careers. Members of the Australian Local Government Women’s Association…
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Your Home – your guide
For the first time in Australia, practical information on every key topic relevant to environmentally sustainable housing design is available at one convenient source. Your…
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Solutions for Regional Australia
The Federal Government has assisted over 200 communities to find solutions to their local problems through the Regional Solutions Programme and has committed over $20…
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Invitation to boost banking services goes out to 100 rural communities
Funding will be available under the Commonwealth Government’s Rural Transaction Centre (RTC) Programme to more than 100 postal outlets to help install Electronic Point of…
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Local Leaders in Sustainability Forum
On 9-10 August, the National Local Leaders in Sustainability Forum was held at Parliament House in Canberra. The proceedings were positive and dynamic with topics…
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Federal Government’s whole of government response to Northern Australia
The Federal Government’s whole of government response to the issues raised at the Northern Australia Forum is to be delivered by Minister for Regional Services,…
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Rising watertables
Salinity a key issue facing urban and rural communities.Salinity a key issue facing urban and rural communities Some 300 delegates, representing Councils from all States and the Northern Territory, attended the National Local…
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Wagga Wagga fights salinity
After identifying urban salinity in 1993, Wagga Wagga City Council allocated $3 million to implement programs to address the issue. These programs include education, revegetation,…
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Editorial
At the Australian Customer Service Awards in 1998, the then Chief Executive of Qantas, James Strong, commented to FOCUS how well Local Government had done…
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President’s Comment
In each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Alderman Dave Elliot, President of the Local Government…
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Quality services acknowledged in Blayney
Blayney Shire Council is the winner of the coveted AR Bluett Memorial Award for Members of the Shires Association of New South Wales. This annual…
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Stanthorpe Shire to go online with AusSoft Solutions
Stanthorpe Shire Council has joined with AusSoft Solutions to extend the Shire’s GraniteNet project. Supported by funds from Networking the Nation , this project is…
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