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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…

Helping your people to keep your organisation ‘Y2K clean’, even after you have become Y2K compliant. As Australia’s leading training provider in both IT and…

Staff at Melbourne’s Bayside City Council are gaining valuable management skills from Council’s commitment to staff development programs. Recently, 60 managers and coordinators undertook a…

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…