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Come November, Coffs Harbour will host the Inaugural Holiday Coast Fiesta, an annual celebration to take place in Melbourne Cup Week every year. While an…

Coffs Harbour, Nambucca and Bellingen Councils have developed a unified approach for promoting their popular region with an organisation known as Tourism Holiday Coast. Situated…

When 500 mm of rain, or 16 inches on the old scale, fell within six hours on 23 November last year, the equivalent of almost…

One of Coffs Harbour’s most valuable and best used assets is its International Sports Stadium. The venue caters for a range of sport and entertainment,…

Superb weather, a beautiful location, excellent facilities, plus a full range of accommodation choices, places Coffs Harbour at the leading edge of the conference and…

An extensive program to rejuvenate one of Melbourne’s great natural resources, the Port Phillip Bay Foreshore, has won the Environment Prize in the 1997 Institution…

As we move closer to the new millennium, concepts such as ‘reform’, ‘change’ and ‘a vision for the future’ will undoubtedly continue to dominate both…

The first agreement between an Australian Local Government authority and a native title claimant has been signed by Queensland’s Redland Shire Council and the Quandamooka…

Three Councils were among the winners in the recent Queensland Design Awards presented by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects. Brisbane, Bundaberg and Logan City…

Matters of environmental health are an important part of Local Government activity. Because they concern public well being, health and safety they are often fraught…

The need for training to enable employees to broaden their skills, maintain up to date knowledge and function efficiently is not confined to the youngest…

Forty years ago Hobart City Council introduced the concept of the parking officer to Australian cities. Parking officers endeavouring to enforce efficient, equitable and safe…