Port Adelaide Enfield takes shape
Seven months on, the new City of Port Adelaide Enfield has received wide community support. The merger of the two former Councils occured...
Rural communities deserted
According to the Western Australian Municipal Association (WAMA), rural communities are being asked to carry an inequitable share of the Federal Government's attempt...
‘CARS’ improve customer service
Redcliffe City Council's processing and handling of customer inquiries has been significantly streamlined with the introduction of a new computerised customer request system....
Waste system for national targets
With green waste comprising about one third of the domestic waste stream, the Federal Government is moving to ban green waste from landfill...
Excellence in community service
Bayswater City Council was a key player in the development of the $200 million Galleria Morley Shopping Complex. Opened in September 1994, this...
Full steam ahead with a secure future
"Now that our future has been ratified by the community, it is full steam ahead," said Paul Stevens, Gold Coast City Council's Director...
World City
Gold Coast is Australia's seventh largest City and with over three million tourist visits per year, Australia's tourist capital. The most popular...
Attracting new business
Even with its great climate, international status and annual growth rate, the Gold Coast City Council is aware that to attract new business,...
Tourism and water conservation
Throughout Australia, the issue of water conservation is vital for the long term sustainability of our economy and environment. At Gold Coast,...
Managing our diversity
In his Presidential address at the Institute of Municipal Management - NSW Division's Annual Conference, Robert Ball, said that most Australian managers are...
Editorial
As Peter Costello works to convince Australians this is the Budget 'we had to have', Councils across the nation are reeling from the...
Brave new world of communications
"Solicitors, banks, governments, publishers, retailers, business generally and Local Government are all readily taking up new technology, because if they don't, their competitors...