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Improving purchasing processes
As part of Wollongong City Council’s quality approach to services, an analysis was undertaken of purchasing transactions and related costs. It found that 8,000 purchase…
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Working for survival
“Five years ago Kojonup Shire Council employed consultants to review the running of the Shire,” said Acting Shire President, Councillor George Bailye. “As a result,…
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New approach by rural Shire reaps dividends
“Some years ago Council realised that for Kojonup to have any impact in the region, to save its rural sector and continue to improve service…
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The gateway to WA’s Great Southern Region
Steeped in history, set in scenic rolling countryside and centred around a beautiful freshwater spring, Kojonup is more than just a gateway to Western Australia’s…
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Capitalising on attributes
Kojonup is ideally located on the busy Albany Highway tourist route. Recognising the major tourism appeal of the southern coastal areas of Albany, Denmark and…
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Catalyst for new ventures
Chief Executive Officer, Wally Lenyszyn, is adamant that the role of Local Government must change from merely concentrating on basic services and landuse controls. “Councils…
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Tourist train a winner
After extensive flood damage in the 1980s, the Boyup Brook to Katanning rail line which passed through Kojonup was closed. Kojonup’s heritage wooden railway station,…
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Enhancing rural opportunities through high tech facility
Kojonup’s combined Telecentre and Rural Transaction Centre (RTC) is a community owned and managed facility that provides new opportunities, support and services to the community.…
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Small town with a big heart and much to see and do
Unlike many rural areas across the nation, Kojonup will never accept that growth and prosperity can only occur in the cities and large regional centres.Take…
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Rural retirement at its best
Kojonup is a prime location for people wanting to retire to the country, but still wish to be secure in the knowledge that their current…
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Kodja Place – one story many voices
In 1998, the Shire of Kojonup and the local Noongar people signed an agreement acknowledging that Aboriginal people are the oldest residents of Kojonup, residing…
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Reconciliation in words and actions
When Craig McVee’s ancestors led the first Europeans to visit the area to ‘The Spring’, the notions of sharing this precious resource and living in…

