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Like death and taxes, a further thing we have come to accept as inevitable is change. Change is good for an organisation particularly when it…

In each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Mayor Rosemary Craddock, President of the LGA in…

An absence of transport and the loss of many local offices for government services, has created multiple problems for people in the Barossa Valley District…

In 1997 a survey conducted by Western Australia’s City of Gosnells revealed a concern common across Australia. People are increasingly worried for their personal safety…

Local Government organisations are an integral part of an initiative to reduce the compliance burden on small business by introducing a single entry point to…

Unlike many private and public sector organisations, Brisbane City Council, the largest Local Government authority in Australia, has been working on Year 2000 compliance for…

At South Australia’s City of Port Adelaide Enfield, the Y2K problem is seen as essentially a business issue not just an IT issue. Y2K Project…

The City of Perth has established a number of multi media kiosks providing improved customer communication 24 hours a day. Known as ‘Perth Explorer’, initially…

Providing the benefits of new technology to disadvantaged groups is an aim of South Australia’s City of Salisbury. Through a program known as the Salisbury…

Faced with the requirements of the new Integrated Planning Act, Noosa Council set about developing a software application which would enable cost effective implementation of…

In a Ministerial Statement to the Legislative Assembly in February, Northern Territory Minister for Local Government, Loraine Braham, said that, in many ways, the health…

The Local Government Association of Northern Territory (LGANT) has prepared four Information Papers on the Reform Agenda. The first Paper addresses the issue ‘Why Reform?’.…