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Located just eight kilometres across the bay from the centre of Darwin, Cox Peninsula is nonetheless in many ways a remote and vulnerable area in…

On Bathurst Island, Nguiu Community Government Council is taking a proactive approach to community infrastructure. It is investing money in facilities, not only needed by…

Like many before her, Gaye Lawrence travelled to the Northern Territory from Sydney with the intention of having a short working holiday. Twenty years later…

With the Notice of Approval of the draft Tapatjataka Community Government Scheme in the Northern Territory Gazette in October last year, the story of the…

In last February’s Editorial we wrote, ‘1996 is set to be a very important year for Local Government’. At the time, with the ink barely…

Responding to a changing environment created under National Competition Policy, the City of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales has put its gas supply and…

With the Sydney Olympics on the horizon, tourism opportunities are expected to expand, particularly in New South Wales. How the tourist dollar is distributed will…

Brimbank City Council is one of only two Victorian Councils to introduce a Mentoring Program. This involves an employee being guided by a more experienced…

According to WorkCover NSW, during 1993/94 almost $25 million in compensation was paid for back injuries in the public administration area. More than 70% of…

With an outdoor staff of 150, Glenorchy City Council in Tasmania was concerned about the risk of noise induced hearing loss. With workers, including parks…

Just who is responsible for workers safety under a system of contracting out, where a number of contractors and subcontractors may be involved, can become…

In 1993, Newcastle City Council identified a real problem with lost time injuries. As one of the few self insurers in Local Government in Australia,…