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Quality coaching
According to the recently released Australian Bureau of Statistics report, titled ‘Sport and Recreation 1996/97’, at least 4.1 million Australians are involved in playing sport…
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Active Australia SportSafe
The Australian Sports Injury Prevention Taskforce has presented its report, ‘SportSafe Australia: A National Sports Safety Framework’. The report provides broad guidelines for Australians to…
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Combined voice of Tas LG
With the protracted review process and uncertainty of further amalgamations, the Local Government Association of Tasmania invited the Institute of Municipal Management, the Institute of…
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Excellence recognised
In recognition of the many ways people in Local Government are creatively responding to the needs of the communities they serve, the 1998 William Adams…
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Editorial
The cliché ‘a week is a long time in politics’ certainly is the case given the extraordinary Queensland election results that are currently resounding around…
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President’s comment
Each edition we feature the views of a State Local Government Association President. The following is from Mayor Sue Smith, President Local Government Association of…
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Tracking Australia’s ancient history
Although it is just over 200 years since European settlement, the pace of development, among other factors, has obliterated much evidence of Australia’s ancient culture.…
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Geelong – smart move
The City of Greater Geelong has appointed eleven highly accomplished, high profile, ‘ambassadors’ to promote the City’s virtues and attract new residents and investment. Together…
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Towards Year 2000 compliance
Governments, industry and private companies across the globe have been looking into the effect the Year 2000 date change problem will have on utility services,…
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Parramatta Road beyond 2000
One of Sydney’s oldest and most significant transport routes, Parramatta Road, is to be revamped. This major project will involve all Councils along the 23…
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Council updates aging systems
Glen Eira City Council has recently selected a suite of enterprise applications from Computron Software. These include financials, workflow and COLD (Computer Output to Laser…
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Effective budgeting and financial control
Holroyd City Council in NSW believes it has developed a new budgeting system which overcomes some of the problems associated with other systems. The system,…
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