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Since May last year, large sections of each edition of Local Government FOCUS have been available on the Internet. In just 12 months,...
Preparing for a growing population
With an anticipated population growth of 83 percent between now and 2011, the Shire of Maroochy in Queensland is determined to be prepared....
Celebrating the arts in North Queensland
Townsville's claim to be the arts capital of northern Queensland will be confirmed in July this year when the City launches into a...
QLD comes to the party on NCP funding
The Queensland Government has announced that it will share a substantial portion of its payments from the Commonwealth Government to implement National Competition...
Linking Bundaberg to the world
Residents of Bundaberg in Queensland will gain an international profile with Council launching major innovations in information technology next month. Among initiatives to...
Balancing work and family
The archaic view that women should be 'kept out of boardrooms and senior management positions' has no place in the City of Kensington...
Something for everyone …
The 9th National Local Government Engineering Conference, in conjunction with the International Congress of Public Works, draws its theme from the very reason...
Is your Council customer-driven?
All Councils are service organisations, although you wouldn't think so the way some Councils treat their customers says Manningham City Council Chief Executive...
Creating quality of living
Keynote speaker David Rhodes has spent 20 years in Local Government and is well qualified to address delegates about "Creating Quality of Living...
More than 80 experts
More than 80 speakers will be sharing their expertise at the Local Government Engineering Conference. These are just some of the papers being...
Topics
The conference topics have been carefully selected to respond to the needs of Local Government beyond 1997. Local Government engineering is about the...
Winning partnerships the key
"In our brave new world of Local Government, it is essential to have many different partnerships," said Chris Watson, President of the Institute...
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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...
