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Council has moved to raise the level of hygiene in its many food premises. With the City looking to enhance its tourism potential, having top…

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 Councillor Brad Matheson, President Municipal Association of Victoria. In…

Victoria’s Shire of Melton has collaborated with local education providers to ensure Melton residents have access to educational opportunities throughout their lives. Under the Shire…

Residents of Sydney’s Warringah Council are to have their say in shaping the City’s Environmental Strategy. Acting Mayor Phil Colman said this would ensure the…

A policy to ensure everyone in the City has adequate protection from the sun’s harmful rays has won a Victorian Public Health Award for Victoria’s…

The failure of Federal and State Governments to provide short term funding to keep open the meatworks in Queensland’s Murgon Shire, has once again left…

The largest regional Municipality in Australia has markedly improved its internal communications in response to employee demand. Victoria’s City of Greater Geelong with nearly 200,000…

By Allan Garcia* The Local Government Fund, under the Networking the Nation Program, offers Councils across the country a significant opportunity to propel their communities…

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…

Following changes to the Victorian Food Act, in 1998, Local Government Environmental Health Officers found themselves with a potential administrative headache. “The new standards meant…