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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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