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  • Taking garbage to the streets

    Educating people about the need to reduce the volume of waste generated in the community can be a bit of a bore. However, Lismore has…

  • Testing the waters

    Water is one of our most valuable resources, yet the impacts from industrial, agricultural and urban land uses and poor management of natural resources continue…

  • SA restructure gains momentum

    With six further amalgamations, proclaimed by the South Australian Government in January, the number of Councils has fallen to 81 from 118 in January 1996.…

  • Youth kit for Councils launched

    An innovative kit designed to assist Councils when working with young people was launched in February. Titled ‘Bikes, Bands and Strategic Plans’, it was launched…

  • Editorial

    The key attribute of Local Government is ‘community’, this being the conglomeration of people who reside in a particular area. It is the combining of…

  • Marion’s new mobile library buzz

    Marion Council is ecstatic over its new Mobile Buzz, a massive, psychedelic, 16 metre semi trailer that has been custom built as a mobile library.…

  • Safer return to school

    Children in the City of Noarlunga travel safer to and from school, thanks to a new road safety scheme. Known as Safe Routes to School,…

  • 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…

  • Toward a sustainable future

    One of the world’s most exciting conferences, ‘Pathways to Sustainability’ will be held in the City of Newcastle in 1997 during its bicentenary year. All…

  • Best practice using the Internet

    FOCUS Web Site, www.loc-gov-focus.aus.net, promotes Best Practice in Local Government. The Internet is a new means of communicating. FOCUS Web Site, part of this new…

  • Sense of family crosses all bounds

    “Despite our differences in culture, languages, remoteness, size and geography, Local Government in the Territory displays a clear sense of family,” said Bob Beadman, Secretary…

  • Strategies for the future

    Working in partnership with LGANT, during 1994 the Department surveyed all Councils. The aim was to ascertain what the industry identified as key issues facing…

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