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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…

Western Australian communities have the opportunity to record their Australia Day 2000 celebrations in a documentary video. It will be screened at the first Western…

When the Shire of Kent in Western Australia determined that it needed to extend the Shire Offices this was greeted with some scepticism by local…

Some of the most valuable and interesting information about the society we live in is not contained in books but in people’s memories. Recognising this,…

Queensland’s Pine Rivers Council is gearing up for the introduction of the GST. In August Council representatives attended workshops on the GST, conducted by the…

I am pleased to bring you this issue of National Perspective. This issue includes the latest news on Local Government issues, particularly the Federal Government’s…

The Federal Minister for Local Government, Senator Ian Macdonald, is keen to ensure that councils are supported at the Federal level in their demanding and…

Twelve councils have successfully secured funding in round one of the Federal Government’s Rural Transaction Centres (RTC) Programme. Senator Ian Macdonald, Minister for Regional Services,…

Fifty Leading Practice projects were funded through the National Office of Local Government in 1998-1999. The Federal Minister for Local Government, Senator Ian Macdonald, announced…

The Federal Minister for Local Government, Senator Macdonald, recently launched the 12th National Awards For Innovation in Local Government (NAILG) at the 18th IMM National…

As a service to Local Government, we intend to give a regular update in The National Perspective on developments with the Government’s tax reform package…

With assistance and support from the National Native Title Tribunal and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) has…