QA – making it work
Critics of quality assurance (QA) often claim it creates too much paperwork and adds an extra level of bureaucracy to business practices. Staff...
Best practice in waste management
Coffs Harbour City Council will host its second major waste management conference from 5-7 November 1997 at Novotel Opal Cove Resort, Coffs Harbour....
Partnering links Council and contractor
Contracting out services may bring many benefits but one potential problem is the risk of service implementation becoming too distant from the ultimately...
Resources boom gives Pilbara world focus
Covering 510,000 square kilometres, the Pilbara comprises four Local Government authorities, the Town of Port Hedland and the Shires of Ashburton, East Pilbara...
Diversification and development
With the region in the grip of a multi-million dollar investment boom, and its full potential unlikely to be realised for a number...
Regional cooperation
The four Pilbara Councils comprise the Pilbara Ward of the Country Shire Councils Association (CSCA) of Western Australia. The CSCA has 104...
Blending the old and the new
Roebourne is the oldest town in the north west of the State. Cossack, located at the mouth of the Harding River, was its...
Reef to range in Ashburton
Spanning an area half the size of Victoria, the Shire of Ashburton, located in the north west of Western Australia offers something for...
Northern exposure to strategic planning
The Shire of East Pilbara is developing a comprehensive Strategic Plan to identify service priorities and direction for the next five years. Consultants...
Port Hedland manages rapid growth
The home of BHP interests in the Pilbara, Port Hedland is currently experiencing rapid growth. When BHP announced that it would construct a...
The world’s largest Council
In area, East Pilbara is the world's largest Local Government authority. Stretching from the Indian Ocean to the Northern Territory border, the...
Cyclone readiness
The largest urban settlement in the Pilbara and in one of the most isolated areas on earth, the Town of Port Hedland is...