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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 and Norwood.…
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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 for Local…
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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 Bob Seiffert.…
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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 in your…
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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 presented. Developing…
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Topics
The conference topics have been carefully selected to respond to the needs of Local Government beyond 1997. Local Government engineering is about the best use…
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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 of Municipal…
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Communicate or crumble
“The thing Local Government engineers have not done as well as they might over the past decade is to communicate the asset management message to…
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Editorial
In a recent address, John Kleem, project consultant for a national benchmarking project, said that benchmarking will always mean different things to different people. Involving…
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Rockdale wins Prime Minister’s Award
Rockdale City Council has been awarded the prestigious Prime Minister’s Award for the development of its Action Plan in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act.…
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Satisfaction guaranteed at Manningham
Long before the Victorian State Government announced plans requiring Councils to develop service charters for residents, Manningham City Council identified this as a priority including…
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Showcasing Melbourne
A new concept in tourism services was launched in February by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Cr Ivan Deveson. The ‘City Experience Centre’ and ‘Melbourne…