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The key to ensuring Knox’s future reflects residents’ and ratepayers’ wishes is ongoing community and staff consultation. Executive Adviser Elaine Sowerby said Knox’s integrated planning…

As ‘gaps’ in residential development have been gradually filled, development sites in Knox have become relatively scarce. However creative thinking can bring exciting new opportunities.…

Meeting in Newport, Wales, the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) selected ‘Under New Management’ as the theme for its 1999 Annual Conference. In…

Telecommunications, Internet, Intranet and multimedia, all part and parcel of what is referred to as ‘the information age’, has certainly been the hallmark of the…

Each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Mayor Brian Hurn OAM, President of the Local Government…

When Mosman City Council sent letters to all members of Australian Parliaments asking for stone contributions to its Federation Monument Project, the State Member for…

ALGA National General Assembly brings Councils together to cut greenhouse emissions Saving money on energy bills, cleaner air and more livable communities: these strong drivers…

The Republic of Ireland’s Cork County Council has 48 elected members serving a population of 280,000 people. Cork is the largest of Ireland’s 30 County…

Since the last identified member of the species was shot in the north west district of the State in 1931, controversy has surrounded the supposed…

Closed railway lines, old walking tracks and, in some cases, drainage lines in Western Australia are being recycled into an extensive network of trails for…

Working Towns, an amalgamation of the former Regional Towns and Community at Work programs, is assisting South Australian communities to stimulate economic growth and employment…

Tucked away between Warwick and Toowoomba, the Shire of Clifton, population 2,500, has found its low key style to be a potential springboard in a…