Parramatta’s OZ Day a winner
An outstanding program of events held to celebrate Australia Day earlier this year, has resulted in a High Commendation in the Local Government...
AUS-SPEC the new standard specification
All Councils must ensure that assets under their control are built to an appropriate and high standard to achieve their full...
Accounting for rates
The small North Canterbury Council of Hurunui in New Zealand has developed a unique method of accountability to ratepayers. Each ratepayer in...
Challenges similar and unique
In May the Commonwealth Minister for Sport, Territories and Local Government, the Hon Warwick Smith MP, addressed the IMM National Congress in Canberra....
Australia’s Guide to Good Residential Design
The home is a very important part of our lives. Home is where we grow up; where we hope to grow old; it...
Minister suspends democracy
Following an Inquiry into the inner Melbourne City of Darebin, the Victorian Minister for Local Government, Rob Maclellan, has suspended the elected Council...
Editorial
Once again this newspaper is being produced in a Council area which has had its democratically elected representatives removed by another sphere of...
CD-ROM cuts isolation
Local Government in the Northern Territory, which manages some of the world's most isolated communities, is set to benefit from technology specially designed...
Road safety on the web – leading the way!
by Wendy Michaels* In December 1996, a project team was formed with members from the Australian Local Government Association, the NSW Local...
Cairns takes GIS to school
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) commonly used by Councils around Australia provide a ready means of accessing and using a range of data on...
AUS-SPEC the new standard specification
All Councils must ensure that assets under their control are built to an appropriate and high standard to achieve their full design life....
Rates feedback
The small North Canterbury Council of Hurunui in New Zealand has developed a unique method of accountability to ratepayers. Each ratepayer in the...
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Drought for the Coorong
Coorong District Council’s Mayor has stated that it is time to acknowledge that the driest season ever on record in the Coorong district is...
