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Each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Councillor John Jago, President, Victorian Local Governance Association. In…

Moonee Valley City Council, representing Victoria, has won the 1999 Australasian Active Learning Management Challenge. This year 82 teams and almost 500 Local Government managers…

Judges of the IMEA – NSW Division 1999 Engineering Excellence, Awards, said the calibre of the projects submitted were once again outstanding. The Awards, sponsored…

A petition presented to Victoria’s Manningham City Council requesting additional library services in the eastern section of the City has resulted in a 24 hour…

Tasmania’s Brighton Council has spent just over a month preparing for 370 Kosovan refugees. General Manager, Geoff Dodge, said Council’s main role was to address…

The 8th Annual Conference and Engineers Field Days ’99 was staged by the Institute of Municipal Engineers Australia (IMEA) – NSW Division from 2-8 May.…

Following the corporatisation of many water utilities, the NSW Division of the Institute of Municipal Engineering Australia (IMEA) has recently encouraged and assisted the establishment…

Smoke detectors will be supplied and fitted to the homes of older people under the Victorian City of Greater Bendigo’s Community Save a Life Project’.…

Warringah Council, on Sydney’s northern beaches, is seeing the benefits of combining all its environmental services – from bushland works to waste education to catchment…

Australia’s first drumMUSTER collection was held last month at Gunnedah Shire Council in NSW. drumMUSTER is the national program for the collection and recycling of…

Public transport has a number of advantages over private transport. It reduces the volume of traffic, road accidents and pollution. It also requires less road…

While many Councils provide facilities for dog owners to clean up the indelicate messages their pets leave behind its not easy to ensure everyone uses…