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As part of the 2001/2002 Budget preparation, a community consultation workshop was held to ascertain residents’ expectations of Council. From this feedback, Council prepared a…

Council has received an $82,000 grant through the Regional Solutions Programme to relocate its Art Gallery. The total value of the project is $140,550. Due…

International Public Works Conference in Perth Speaking at the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia’s biennial conference, President of the Institute Engineers Australia – WA…

Mayor Peter Black was first elected to Dalrymple Shire Council in 1961. In 1973, he became Mayor and still holds this position. At the Local…

Local Government has been criticised for its inability or reluctance to carry out structural reform. As a result, many State Governments, past and present, have…

Local Governments are in the business of providing services to citizens – customers not welcome. I’m writing to you after reading the Editorial piece in…

In each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Councillor Mike Montgomery, President of the Shires Association…

Hornsby is a green and beautiful Shire located approximately 25 kilometres north east of Sydney. It has vast areas of outstanding bushland, accounting for almost…

Local Governments in Southern and Central Queensland will participate in the first Council Olympic Games on Saturday 13 October 2001, hosted by Murgon Shire Council.…

The Good Oil by Rod Brown * The biggest talking point in Canberra is the Commonwealth Government decision to provide a $100 million loan guarantee…

“With all the recent media coverage that we received as a result of Bernard Salt’s publicity with the launch of his book The Big Shift:…

The Centenary of Federation is an appropriate time to acknowledge the ‘First Federation’ of Indigenous nations and to help mark the achievements of Indigenous Australians…