News
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Heritage and tourism ‘partners in time’
Heritage is the ingredient that attracts tourists to the Great Barrier Reef, Port Arthur and Uluru. Equally, it brings people to places, like Naracoorte Caves…
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Awards to recognise disaster heroes
If you work for a Local Government, volunteer or community organisation that has been actively involved in emergency management, before or after a disaster, then…
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Message from the Minister
Welcome to the first issue of National Perspective for 2000. Throughout this year I will continue to contribute to Local Government Focus as a way…
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CALP launched
The Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government, Senator Ian Macdonald, launched an up to date guide on Federal Government programmes at the ALGA…
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Booklet helps councils with GST
To help councils prepare for The New Tax System, the Australian Tax Office released a 40-page booklet entitled Local Government and The New Tax System.…
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Release of the 1998-99 National Report
Useful information on the operation of Local Government in Australia can be found in the 1998-99 National Report on the Operation of the Local Government…
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Funding for Local Agenda 21
Senator Ian Macdonald, Minister for Regional Services, Territories and Local Government announced $100,000 in Federal funding to boost the activities of Local Agenda 21, a…
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LG into the new millennium
President of the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) Councillor John Ross points to a range of key areas where Local Government will continue to play…
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Economic ‘boom’ fails distribution test
While we are being told the Australian economy is thriving, many people do not share the same rosy perspective, particularly in rural and regional Australia.…
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Editorial
The perseverance of the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) in securing Senate support last year successfully averted what was looming to be the greatest challenge…
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Frog focus in Botany Bay
Botany Bay City Council, in partnership with Taronga Park Zoo, is spearheading a program which aims to save Australia’s endangered frog species. Manager Parks and…
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Hume enters a new era
The development of the 1999-2005 Corporate Plan marks a new era for Hume City Council according to Mayor Jack Ogilvie. He said the change is…