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Earlier this year, when FOCUS expanded its circulation to cover all Councils Australia wide, we chose to produce two separate editions under our Gold and…

With most of Australia’s government and media concentrated on the eastern seaboard, inland Australia often finds itself ignored in mainstream policy making and discussion. To…

On Tuesday 6 August the Australian Bureau of Statistics will conduct the nation’s 13th Census of Population and Housing. More than seven million households in…

Tidy Towns Awards were initiated nearly 20 years ago as part of the Keep Australia Beautiful campaign. Since then they have become one of the…

The Local Government Environment Network is embarking on an exciting new project to facilitate the adoption of sustainability at the local level. As many Local…

The Institute of Municipal Management’s 1996 National Congress was staged in Canberra on 19-22 May. Using the theme ‘Sailing the ‘Cs’ of Challenge’ keynote speakers…

Dr Ian Brookes, eminent international presenter on Total Quality Management told delegates that in today’s challenging world we have two possibilities – we can lose…

According to Dr Robert Camp, Chairman of the Global Benchmarking Network, the major change initiative happening around the world is benchmarking. “Benchmarking is a continuous…

Eleven large urban fringe Councils from around Australia are taking part in a ground breaking benchmarking project. By documenting their best practice achievements in a…

President of the International City Management Association and City Manager at Moreno Valley in California, Norman King told delegates that Australia and the USA share…

This is how we announced our launch in the printed edition of FOCUS With the launch of FOCUS Online located at www.loc-gov-focus.aus.net we are entering…

Capalaba in Queensland’s Redland Shire is undergoing major change with the opening of the new $8.6 million Capalaba Place. “Having evolved from an intersection with…