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CivicView, the fully integrated Local Government software package, developed cooperatively by Brisbane based IT company Insight Informatics and Kempsey Shire Council, gives users all the…

Accurate tracking of assets can be a difficult, time consuming task especially if Councils are not using an automatic data collection system. Bar Code Data…

Welcome to another issue of National Perspective. The past few months have been a very busy period for the National Office of Local Government as…

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…

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…

Each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Councillor Anthony Bisdee, President Local Government Association of Tasmania.…

It is not often that older established municipalities have the opportunity to plan new developments within their borders. However, deinstitutionalisation has given Victoria’s Darebin City…

Extensive consultation with residents, business people, bus companies and road users has resulted in strong support for work to recommence on the ring road around…

Tasmania’s Brighton Council plans to expand its innovative effluent reuse program to further benefit private enterprise in the region and protect local rivers from damage.…

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…

New waste management measures adopted by NSW’s Port Stephens Council, are set to achieve an 80 percent reduction in waste. The system relies on a…

Road construction and design is set to be made easier and less costly with the release of a new guidelines manual, ‘Pavement Materials in Road…