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In the film ‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’, the City of Broken Hill in western New South Wales was depicted in a whimsical light, remote…

People under the age of 18 cannot vote so their needs are easy to ignore when politicians are planning policy and expenditure. Glenorchy City Council…

Deniliquin Council, the Town of Port Headland and Maribyrnong City Council are amongst 54 recipients of grants totalling $760,000 under the first round of the…

Situated right next door to the Nation’s Capital and the picturesque southern highlands of NSW, Queanbeyan offers all the benefits of a rural environment with…

Big brother is hard to ignore when he’s right next door. The proximity of Canberra has an undoubted influence on Queanbeyan. With a population ten…

Local Government today involves much more than simply looking after roads, rates and rubbish. Queanbeyan is determined to run as a viable enterprise providing ratepayers…

Councils spend large amounts of time and resources dealing with the results of stress caused by heavy vehicles using local roads. One way to reduce…

Sewerage may not be the most glamorous area of Local Government activity but its proper management is critical to the local and wider environment. At…

The Australian Census was conducted on 6 August. Designed to track demographic and socioeconomic changes over the past five years, it is an interesting exercise…

When faced with an opportunity to turn back the clock, a majority of voters in three Queensland Councils, Warwick, Gold Coast and Burnett, said ‘no’…

The Brisbane City Council’s Human Resource Division Manager, Lyn Russell, has been named Australian Business Woman of the Year. Joining Council in 1992, Lyn was…

Western Australian Minister for Local Government, Paul Omodei, recently announced the five members of the new Local Government Advisory Board. Established as a key part…