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  • Australia Day Y2K

    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…

  • Community involvement in Office extension

    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…

  • Changes we have seen

    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,…

  • GST training

    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…

  • Message from the Minister

    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…

  • Strategic Partnerships

    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…

  • First Rural Transaction Centres approved

    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,…

  • Leading Practice projects

    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…

  • National Awards for Innovation launched

    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…

  • GST update

    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…

  • Native title: a new guide for LG

    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…

  • Editorial

    For some time Local Government, through its peak body the Australian Local Government Association, has been arguing that it is best placed to bring hands…

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