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Dog faeces left on selected beaches and reserves in South Australia’s City of Noarlunga have been cut by 90 percent during a trial of special…

Recently, 70 Mayors, Deputy Mayors and General Managers from Tasmanian Councils gathered in Launceston to discuss a range of microeconomic issues confronting their Councils. Throughout…

“People in Local Government in Victoria have participated in reform, the likes of which have not occurred anywhere else in the world,” said Lyndon Webb,…

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…

Having decided not to wait for changes under National Competition Policy to be forced upon it, Circular Head Council in Tasmania has set up its…

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…

Delatite Shire Council, in Victoria’s north east, is in the process of radically improving the way it does business by utilising the latest in information…

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…

“With our emphasis clearly on change, Lismore City Council has undertaken a total reorganisation,” said Ken Gainger, General Manager. “We are now recruiting people with…

Lismore has long been the regional centre for the Far North Coast of New South Wales. On the doorstep of three World Heritage rainforests, Council’s…

At the third National General Assembly of the Australian Local Government Association, a Community Tolerance motion was passed unanimously affirming the commitment of Local Government…

Renowned for its physical beauty, frontier spirit and cultural diversity, Lismore is a thriving university City with world class sports facilities, branches of most Government…