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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,…

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…