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In our January editorial, we wrote that, whether people choose to recognise 1 January 2000 or 1 January 2001 as the start of the new…

In each edition, we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Margaret Vigants, President Local Government Association of the…

While debate over a drugs policy continues in the Federal and State spheres, Local Government is implementing practical strategies to address the problems of drug…

Many users of digital mapping and spatial information understand the difficulties faced when trying to get hold of spatial data from government agencies. Finding the…

World Wetlands Day was celebrated in appropriate style at the Northern Territory’s Town of Jabiru with a monsoonal downpour causing the postponement of the early…

Queensland’s Maroochy Shire is set to benefit from the development of a farm site which has been owned by one family for the last 100…

Installation of world first ‘Garra’ microfiltration unit has improved water quality for residents in NSW’s Mulwaree Shire at a fraction of the cost of conventional…

This year, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) celebrates 10 years of self government. As well as being our largest ‘city state’ and inland City, Canberra…

Chief Minister, Kate Carnell, believes that the bureaucratic emphasis on processes belongs in the past. Cutting edge public policy making and administration needs to be…

On 1 July 1996, the ACT Government became the first Australian public sector organisation to move to accrual budgeting. This, together with other financial management…

After its election in 1995, the new Government introduced its Customer Commitment Program. The aim was to establish the ACT public service as a model…

Reforms to the ACT public service have created a flatter organisation. This has seen the removal of the unhelpful, heavy bureaucracy that existed a few…