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  • Community support brings back services

    Inspired by the success of similar ventures in small towns elsewhere, Western Australia’s Shire of Goomalling has reestablished banking services for its community of 1,100…

  • A City grows up

    Nestled at the base of Melbourne’s Dandenong Ranges, Knox became a City in 1969. For over three decades it experienced rapid residential and industrial growth.…

  • Governing for Knox

    Mayor Karin Orpen is enthusiastic about the City of Knox, its residents and its future. She said the people of Knox are eager participants in…

  • On the way to Gold

    Entering the Australian Quality Awards (AQA) for the first time in 1998, Knox easily skipped the foundation stage and took out the second stage at…

  • Getting around becomes easier in Knox

    During Knox’s early years, growth exceeded the provision of public transport and created long term problems for residents and Council. Director Service Planning, Ian Mann,…

  • Changing people’s attitude to road safety

    Knox has received funding from Vicroads to commence a Road Safety Strategy for local thoroughfares. Manager Engineering Services Bruce Conboy said this project will differ…

  • Drug proof your kids

    As with any community where there is a large number of families, the issue of young people and drugs cannot be ignored. When a local…

  • Life Stories

    While reports, surveys, data and statistics are all legitimate means to ascertain community values and aspirations, Knox has found one of the most agreeable ways…

  • Riding in the tracks of Oppy

    Blessed with over 60 kilometres of bicycle tracks, Knox must have proved an ideal place to retire for Australia’s most famous cyclist, the late Sir…

  • Planning for continual improvement

    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…

  • $98 million win for Community

    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.…

  • Engineers take up the challenges

    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,…

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