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Sydney’s Concord Council recently hosted the launch of a new model for recycling garden waste called Garden to Garden. Developed by Waste Service NSW, Garden…

The launch of its Conservation Strategy as part of Heritage Week has built ecological sustainability into every facet of Manly Council’s activities for the next…

Victoria’s Shire of Campaspe has won the Telstra National Landcare Award for its ongoing commitment to the preservation and management of the local environment. The…

Denmark in Western Australia is the winner of the 1998 Mitsubishi Tidy Towns Award. After being a finalist three years in a row, Denmark is…

Seven Councils in Melbourne’s west and north west have joined together to call for a State Government Inquiry into the management, treatment and disposal of…

Social activist, Rev Tim Costello, challenges the managerial approach that is permeating Local Government, particularly in regard to human services delivery and community development. He…

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…