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Being active – it’s never too late!
The Never Too Late! Program is a joint initiative of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA). The Program provides…
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ASC’s Disability Education Program
The Australian Sports Commission’s (ASC) Disability Education Program has been conducting disability awareness workshops with local service providers for three years. In that time, never…
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Active Australia Awards
The sport and recreation industry is emerging as one of Australia’s major service industries. The industry consists mainly of small organisations and businesses, such as…
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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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