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The Commonwealth has funded a number of council-led benchmarking projects under the Local Government Development Program (LGDP). Initial experience is that the projects can catalyse…

The Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW is funded under the Local Government Development Program (LGDP) to undertake the Local Government Workplace Reform Project.…

Issue 22 of the Urban Futures journal was very well received. The National Office of Local Government (NOLG) received many inquiries regarding distribution from the…

The use of pocket wetlands to reduce pollutants from urban run off was the topic of the ‘Best Paper’ presented at the recent 9th National…

With the aim of winning major employment opportunities for its residents, the City of Greater Bendigo in central Victoria has established Bendigo Calling, a consortium…

Critics of quality assurance (QA) often claim it creates too much paperwork and adds an extra level of bureaucracy to business practices. Staff resist change…

Coffs Harbour City Council will host its second major waste management conference from 5-7 November 1997 at Novotel Opal Cove Resort, Coffs Harbour. This conference…

Contracting out services may bring many benefits but one potential problem is the risk of service implementation becoming too distant from the ultimately responsible body,…

Covering 510,000 square kilometres, the Pilbara comprises four Local Government authorities, the Town of Port Hedland and the Shires of Ashburton, East Pilbara and Roebourne.…

With the region in the grip of a multi-million dollar investment boom, and its full potential unlikely to be realised for a number of decades,…

The four Pilbara Councils comprise the Pilbara Ward of the Country Shire Councils Association (CSCA) of Western Australia. The CSCA has 104 Council members, with…

Roebourne is the oldest town in the north west of the State. Cossack, located at the mouth of the Harding River, was its port. A…