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Port Pirie City & District Council and the District Council of Grant came into being on 1 July. Following the City of Port Adelaide Enfield…

In South Australia, seven City Councils and five District Councils currently have their own Internet sites. A leading Council in this area is the District…

Antipathy between the country and the city can be quite marked in Australia. Although we are one of the most urbanised lands in the world,…

In area, the Shire of Swan is the largest Council in the Perth Metropolitan area. Located in the north east metropolitan sector, the Shire covers…

Located in south eastern Queensland, on the NSW border, Waggamba Shire covers 13,872 square kilometres. It has 1,500 kilometres of Shire Roads and 520 kilometres…

The election of the Howard Government in Australia on 2 March 1996 is only the fifth change of national government in Australia since the Second…

Regulation at all levels impacts significantly on the ability of business to do business. This is the case, not only with Commonwealth and State Governments,…

In a first for the Northern Territory, Tennant Creek Town Council has won a National Innovation Award. Winning the National Rural Award and the Community…

A software package which monitors, records and responds to customer requests, has taken out the overall National Award for Baw Baw Shire Council in Victoria.…

Developed over the past seven years in conjunction with all levels of government, the community and the residential development industry, the Australian Model Code for…

Using the very appropriate theme, ‘Working Together’, the first joint annual Conference of the Tasmanian Divisions of the Institute of Municipal Management, Institute of Municipal…

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…