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Discussions are currently underway with the State Government in regard to the future management of reserves and public land in Circular Head. Of specific interest…

As well as having the world’s cleanest air, Circular Head has a lot of it. As the first recipients of the Roaring Forties, winds that…

Launceston City Council, with its population of 65,000 people, is providing an urban model for Tasmania’s Partnership Agreements. With the emphasis on strategic planning and…

The vision developed through the Search Conference is ‘Launceston, our City of learning and innovation open to the world’. It follows that a key future…

As part of Council’s commitment to ‘building and maintaining a livable City’, local artist Robyn McKinnon and her team of four assistants have, over the…

As the clock counts down to the next millennium, communities across the nation, and the governments that represent them, face some important issues running through…

Each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Councillor Brad Matheson President Municipal Association of Victoria Much…

The GST will be implemented in just under 11 months. This is enough time for Councils to be ready if, but only if, preparations start…

Conveniently located midway between Melbourne and Greater Geelong, the City of Wyndham has, for a number of years, marketed itself as Melbourne’s best kept secret.…

Mayor of Liverpool, George Paciullo, and the Secretary General of the Italian Olympic Committee, Raffaele Pagnozzi, have signed an agreement making Liverpool the official host…

Brighton Council in Tasmania has stepped into the breach created by the slow demise of community newspapers. It has become the first Council in Tasmania…

Melbourne’s Darebin City Council has begun advertising employment opportunities on its website. Like in many Council areas, Darebin is one of the largest employers. As…