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  • CivicView for the new millennium

    The City of Caloundra, one of Australia’s fastest growing centres, after an exhaustive evaluation of available Local Government software packages, has chosen the CivicView product…

  • Students review Council work practices

    This year, Pittwater Council in NSW had assistance from an unusual consulting source. Under an initiative developed by the Quality Council of Australia, known as…

  • Tip ‘op shop’ a money spinner

    Where better to locate a second hand shop than at Council’s tip. Every day people with unwanted goods, useable or not, take them to tips…

  • Message from the Minister

    Welcome to this special issue of National Perspective. I am delighted to present to you the winners of The National Awards for Innovation in Local…

  • About the Awards

    The National Awards for Innovation in Local Government (NAILG) are a Commonwealth Government program established to foster and acknowledge continuous improvement and innovation in the…

  • Tasmania’s new partnership deal

    Jim Bacon’s new Labor Government is promising Tasmanian Councils a new deal. Through separate Partnership Agreements with each of the State’s 29 Councils, the two…

  • Capital City governance

    Australia’s seven Capital City Councils share a number of common traits, not the least being their special position as focal point for the State. This…

  • Editorial

    Describing it as ‘tax reform Black Friday for Councils and their communities across Australia’, President of the Australian Local Government Association, Councillor John Campbell, believes…

  • President’s comment

    Each edition we feature the views of a State Local Government Association President. The following is from Mayor Ron Yuryevich, President of the Western Australian…

  • Outback Highway gains momentum

    A proposed new transport corridor traversing Australia from the south west to the north east is set to add an important link to the national…

  • Your feedback is appreciated

    Management and staff at Local Government FOCUS would like to thank readers who took the time to complete our 1998 Survey. Once again we received…

  • Safer WA: a community approach

    In August, during Local Government Week, an agreement was signed by the then President of the Western Australian Municipal Association (WAMA), Ken Pech, and the…

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