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by Wendy Michaels* In December 1996, a project team was formed with members from the Australian Local Government Association, the NSW Local Government and Shires…

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) commonly used by Councils around Australia provide a ready means of accessing and using a range of data on local infrastructure…

All Councils must ensure that assets under their control are built to an appropriate and high standard to achieve their full design life. Assets must…

The small North Canterbury Council of Hurunui in New Zealand has developed a unique method of accountability to ratepayers. Each ratepayer in the district receives…

Western Australia’s Shire of Swan has embarked upon an ambitious two year plan for the implementation of strategic asset management. Driving the push to a…

Australia’s road network is critical to the nation’s economy. Being a large land with a small population means that it is a costly infrastructure item…

In May the Commonwealth Minister for Sport, Territories and Local Government, the Hon Warwick Smith MP, addressed the IMM National Congress in Canberra. In his…

The Local Government Minister’s Conference decided that as part of a Benchmarking and Efficiency Program national performance indicators would be developed for Local Government. National…

Just four years after Tasmania restructured Local Government, reducing Councils from 46 to 29, a new round of amalgamations has commenced. The Local Government Board,…

Reneging on the COAG agreement on National Competition Policy, the Commonwealth Government has cut Financial Assistance Grants to Local Government by 1.2%. Announced in the…

Since May last year, large sections of each edition of Local Government FOCUS have been available on the Internet. In just 12 months, over 300…

Tasmania’s Meander Valley Council and its community have notched up many significant community achievements. The latest of these being named Australian Community of the Year…