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Council’s Integrated Water Management Project is a positive step in improving the sustainability of water and sewerage provision in Brisbane, focusing on the whole urban…

“Brisbane City Council is intent on fostering a creative city, where the community is heavily involved in the art and culture of the city,” said…

Brisbane City Council has initiated a unique water recycling program that is the first of its kind in Queensland.Brisbane Water, a business unit of Council…

As the fastest growing region in Australia, Council is committed to investing effective and innovative measures to reduce pressure on our city’s road network and…

In March, Premiers Bob Carr and Steve Bracks announced that Albury and Wodonga would be merged as the one municipality. This decision resulted from an…

In March, when the Carr and Bracks Governments announced the merger of Albury and Wodonga, the Mayors of the two Cities only received one hour…

In lead up preparations to our Centenary of Federation celebrations it became evident how little people knew about Federation and our system of government. A…

Each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Councillor Ian Mickel, President of the Western Australian Municipal…

In April, Mayor of Gosnells, Councillor Pat Morris, presented Thornlie Senior High School with a $1,000 marketing sponsorship. The local high school received the sponsorship…

Local Councils involved in providing sport and physical activity opportunities are encouraged to apply for the 2001 Active Australia Awards. The awards, in their fourth…

Located 300 kilometres south of Darwin on the busy Stuart Highway tourist route, Katherine’s hot springs are a unique and valuable recreational resource. Attracting tourists…

The Good Oil by Rod Brown* Three years ago, Dr Roy Powell from the Centre for Agricultural and Regional Economics in Armidale presented a paper…