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Phillip Adams, renowned journalist and Chair of the Australia Day Council, said that every international and global problem comes home to roost exactly where you…

Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Councillor Jim Soorley, described managers as the ‘intellectual horsepower of Local Government’. Speaking on the topic, ‘Local Government in the Context…

Victoria’s City of Yarra has won the 1998 Australasian Active Learning Management Challenge. This year, 76 teams and 450 Local Government officers participated in this…

Rolf Gerritsen, Professor of Local Government and Applied Policy at the University of Canberra, has recently participated in an international study of Local Government Chief…

The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) is rightly concerned that, in spite of the 1998 Budget delivering a $2.7 billion surplus, reductions in Local Government…

Together with other community organisations, including Neighbourhood Watch, the local Police and Transit Police, South Australia’s City of Marion has embarked on a campaign to…

During the recent National Reconciliation Week, Alice Springs Public Library aided the cause by displaying a range of information, resources and other material to generate…

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,…

Governments at all levels across Australia are making it easier for small and medium-sized businesses to obtain helpful information, and reduce the amount of paperwork…

BizLink can now help Australian Businesses with more information on Customs and on superannuation. Two new modules on these topics were released in March 1998.…

Recognition of Local Government as a key stakeholder on the State Greenhouse Council has been welcomed by the President of the Western Australian Municipal Association,…

In Jabiru, in the Northern Territory, plans are afoot to restore Lake Jabiru to a state where it can be used for the passive recreational…