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The modern Commonwealth of nations has moved on a long way from its historical roots. It is reinventing itself as a vigorous cultural, economic and…

The Australian Quality Council has recognised Hobart City Council at the International Business Excellence Summit with a national Award for Business Improvement. The award acknowledges…

The Local Government Training Package The Local Government industry in Australia has developed the Local Government Training Package over a number of years. The Training…

By John McIlroy * The Best Value regime has placed a duty on Councils in the UK to compare their performance against other Councils. BestValueCommunity.com…

Reducing the cost of training and inducting new recruits In the February issue of LG Focus, Steven Dahl* explored the bottom line benefits of using…

‘Team 2000’, launched in late 1998, and now titled the ‘Continuous Improvement Program’, is an initiative of Dubbo City Council, which promotes a performance based…

The City of Moonee Valley found performance reporting to be an arduous affair, until a user friendly information system, developed inhouse, was introduced. “The Performance…

Local Governments now have even more reason to consider CivicView, the Local Government Integrated Software solution from Insight Informatics, with the appointment of Pacific Software…

The 1 May Competing Fairly Forum was welcomed by the participants at over 60 venues across the nation. The audiences, ranging from less than 10…

A Queensland Council has become the first in the State to win the public sector annual report award. The Pine Rivers Shire Council’s 1999-2000 annual…

The City of Salisbury in South Australia has endorsed a self managed team approach aimed at achieving organisational and customer service benefits in processing development…

Tallaganda Shire has a population of 2,606 people, and is the most sparsely settled Shire in the South East of New South Wales. Approximately 60…