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Fresh approach to asset management
In 1998 the newly formed City of Onkaparinga set out to develop a new approach to asset management. The aim was to deliver better and…
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Planning better cities
The Centre for Developing Cities, based at the University of Canberra, draws on Australia’s significant achievements in urban management, and on international skills and experience…
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Managing the environment on a shoestring
Mention environmental management to Local Government managers, who are struggling to find the money to maintain their roads and provide other basic services, and they…
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Bigger than the Olympics
In October 2001 Newcastle will become the first city outside a capital city to host the Australian Masters Games. This will be the eighth time…
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Turning challenges into opportunities
In 1997, when BHP announced it would be stopping all steel production at its Newcastle plant the natural initial reaction was ‘gloom and doom’. However,…
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Emphasising the ‘new’ in Newcastle
According to General Manager, Janet Dore, Newcastle is definitely experiencing a renaissance. “The emphasis is very much on the ‘new’ in Newcastle – new opportunities,…
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Top value organisation
“The high level of professional excellence among Council staff is reflected in a number of innovative projects,” Janet Dore said. “Hosting the International Pathways to…
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A change of course for Steel River
A 100 hectare redevelopment of surplus industrial land, known as Steel River, is a prime example of the new direction Newcastle is taking in the…
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McGreen and clean in Newcastle
The local environment is benefiting from a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between McDonald’s Australia and Newcastle City Council, a first for Australia. This has resulted…
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Reclaiming early history
Emerging from its historical identity as a centre of Australian heavy industry, Newcastle is aiming to preserve that history. It has also looked further back…
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Harbourside development set to take off
Fifty hectares of surplus State Government land, adjacent to the city centre and running along Newcastle’s picturesque Harbour, is ripe for development. Angus Dawson, General…
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Celluloid substitutes for steel
Attune to the changing structure of industry in Australia, Newcastle has seized on the growing demand for Australian film and television production. For the last…