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Australia’s leading Local Government software solution, CivicView, has certainly established itself in the Local Government IT marketplace. Initially developed inhouse by Kempsey Council as a…

Dumaresq Mayor, Peter Monley firmly believes now is the right time for a merger. “More and more, Councils are being squeezed for funding by the…

Officially proclaimed on 21 February by New South Wales Governor, Gordon Samuels AC, Armidale Dumaresq Council has become Australia’s first new Council of the millennium.…

Joining Armidale City Council in 1983, Deputy Mayor Pat Dixon was the first Aboriginal woman elected to Local Government in Australia. She believes reconciliation is…

As most Councils are aware, much valuable work carried out in the community relies on volunteers. This can bring two way gains, with Council and…

With the twin aims of bringing the community together and restoring the amenity of a picnic area, in 1998 Armidale celebrated Local Government Week by…

With the aim of offering people with a disability the same access to recreation opportunities and to participate fully in community life, Armidale has introduced…

In response to the rural crisis facing most regional areas, in 1997 Mayors Richard Torbay and Peter Monley formed a Community Taskforce. Issues that needed…

Armidale Dumaresq Council is very much the gateway to the New England Tablelands. Visitors to the region can choose to drive from Coffs Harbour along…

Well before the two Councils decided to amalgamate, Armidale and Dumaresq had been cooperating in a number of areas including the highly prized natural environment…

One outcome of Armidale’s ‘Building the Future’ Forum, in 1997, was that community safety is a major concern for many people. As a result, an…

An initiative of the Armidale Aboriginal community to assist young people to get home safely at night has been picked up by Council. The program,…