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  • Alcohol policy leads to better health and reduced crime

    With twice the State average of alcohol consumption, the Shire of Broome in Western Australia decided to develop a policy to minimise problems stemming from…

  • CCT the other side of the ledger

    By Brendan O’Connor* In the October ’98 edition of Local Government FOCUS a report from the ‘CT 1998 Competing Solutions’ Conference gave the reader the…

  • Cost effective water filtration

    Crow’s Nest Shire Council recently completed construction of its second water treatment plant which will filter water for the 1,300 residents of Crow’s Nest township.…

  • 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…

  • Low cost promotion

    Being a small Council is no reason not to promote yourself according to Bernie McCarthy, Acting Council Clerk at Mataranka Community Government Council in the…

  • Automated purchasing

    With the introduction of the ANZ Visa Purchasing Card your Council can now streamline its current purchasing methods. Industry statistics indicate that up to 80…

  • Small Shires share and save

    Tammin and Kellerberrin Shires in Western Australia have set out to overcome some of the problems faced by small Councils through an innovative sharing agreement.…

  • WAMA’s inaugural best practice awards

    The Town of Kwinana, the Shire of Swan and the City of Bunbury recently won the Alcoa of Australia Leadership in Best Practice Award in…

  • 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…

  • Landmark for new Century

    As Homebush Bay takes shape for the 2000 Olympics, this environmentally sensitive development is being described as an icon to rival the Sydney Harbour Bridge…

  • Editorial

    A number of organisations, both public and private sector, were in there vying for the recent Australian Customer Service Awards. They included BT Funds Management,…

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