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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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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,…

In a recent address to Victorian Local Government managers, former Prime Minister Bob Hawke spoke about the need for Australia to be a competitive economy…

In each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Mayor Tony Bisdee, President of the LGA of…

Instead of the traditional large booklet, delegates attending the International Local Government Engineering and Public Works Congress received a CD Rom covering the conference proceedings…

A recent Federal Court decision ruled that the outsourcing of health services by the Victorian Government does not allow the new employer to provide inferior…