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24 hour library service
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…
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Tasmanian safe haven for refugees
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…
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NSW engineers conference and field days
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.…
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New Water Directorate
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…
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Community partnership saves lives
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’.…
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One stop shop for environmental concerns
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…
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Australia’s first drumMUSTER at Gunnedah
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…
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Park and ride
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…
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Oops, no excuses
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…
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Environmental Insight from CivicView*
CivicView, the fully integrated Local Government management package, that has been developed by Insight Informatics and Kempsey Shire Council, can incorporate a Geographical Information System…
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Parramatta – the Centre of Sydney
Parramatta is a primary centre in the Greater Sydney Region, second only to central Sydney in the size of its workforce and range of functions.…
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Prosperity and livability
Parramatta has a brilliant future. Inward investment is creating many new jobs, bringing greater prosperity to the whole region. “Commercial rent is cheaper than Sydney’s…