News
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Commercially sound urban park management
In 1994, management of Canberra’s 5,000 hectares of urban open space, including parks, playgrounds and verges, was identified as an area which could deliver new…
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LGA.net launched in SA
A new intranet for South Australian Councils was launched by Local Government Association President, Mayor Rosemary Craddock, at the LGA’s half yearly general meeting in…
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Giving youth a voice
According to Vicki James, Community Development Officer with Port Lincoln City Council, enabling young people to establish and determine the procedures of a Youth Council…
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Editorial
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…
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President’s comment
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…
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Councils confront drug issues
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…
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Increased access to spatial data *
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…
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Jabiru celebrates World Wetlands Day
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…
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A city within a park
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…
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Low cost, quality water
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…
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Celebrating 10 years of self government
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…
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Concentrating on outputs not processes
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…