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Working in partnership with LGANT, during 1994 the Department surveyed all Councils. The aim was to ascertain what the industry identified as key issues facing…

$1.5 million over the next three years, provided through the Commonwealth’s Local Government Development Fund, has lead to the development of the Remote Area Management…

As all organisations are only as good as the people operating them, training for staff and elected representatives is vital. To assist staff in remote…

Darwin’s $4 million Mall upgrade follows a period of intense community consultation. After obtaining input from many community groups, organisations and individuals, sketch plans were…

The Jawoyn people of the Katherine region of the Northern Territory have recently launched their first five year plan. The Plan sets out a comprehensive…

In the remote town of Timber Creek, Lorraine Jones’ multiple roles have significance beyond the boundaries of the small community. Lorraine combines work as one…

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…