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In July last year, Armidale was selected by the State Government as the Third City of the Arts. It joins Katoomba and Broken Hill. With…

Armidale is justly proud of its built environment. The ‘capital of New England’ is a gracious leafy city with a wealth of heritage buildings, gardens,…

For the past 12 months, 2,000 quiltmakers and textile artists from across Australia have been busy fundraising, designing and creating the largest quilt collection to…

The recent plight of textile workers in the Hunter Valley, and extensive publicity resulting from the Prime Minister’s embroilment in the matter, raise many more…

Each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Mayor Brian Hurn OAM President Local Government Association of…

When five year seven students from a local school in Western Australia’s Town of Victoria Park went to Council with a request for a skateboard…

Western Australia’s Shire of Ashburton is aiming to increase banking and government services to the Onslow community. The Shire has successfully applied for a Commonwealth…

The evolution of the roles of Information Technology within Local Authorities has been accompanied by an increase in senior management’s expectation of enhanced and faster…

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…