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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.…

President of the American Public Works Association and keynote speaker at the recent first International Congress of Local Government Engineers and Public Works, Robert Miller,…

In a recent address to Victorian Local Government managers, former Prime Minister Bob Hawke spoke about the need for Australia to be a competitive economy…

In each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Mayor Tony Bisdee, President of the LGA of…

Instead of the traditional large booklet, delegates attending the International Local Government Engineering and Public Works Congress received a CD Rom covering the conference proceedings…

A recent Federal Court decision ruled that the outsourcing of health services by the Victorian Government does not allow the new employer to provide inferior…

Common difficulties in managing cities were powerfully demonstrated at recent workshops in India. Does the following sound familiar? City Councils lacking control of all the…

Fed up with motorists speeding through your school zones, residential areas and work sites? A new, world’s best practice technology is now available to help…

An Aboriginal Reconciliation Festival held recently by Shoalhaven City Council proved a great success. Over 500 people attended the Festival which was held in Nowra…

Parramatta City Council has launched a school road safety program with a difference. Rather than targeting parents with the message, rangers take their program to…

Brisbane City Council has taken up the challenge to tackle drug issues head on with the launch of the Lord Mayor’s Illicit Drug Taskforce Report.…

Brisbane City Council is ideally placed at grass roots level to identify illicit drug problems, and work with the community in responding to them. In…