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Beauty in the beast
A collaborative mural by more than 200 students across Tasmania has seen the outside walls of the Devonport Regional Gallery donned in an Exquisite Beast…
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Frontier Wars Memorial Avenue
The Manna Gums on the Malmsbury-Daylesford Road in Daylesford, Victoria, is the site for an Aboriginal Peoples Memorial Avenue, opened at the conclusion of NAIDOC…
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Costumes and comics at the library
Cairns City Library, Queensland, tapped into the ongoing success of the Marvel and DC movie franchises for Comic Fest weekend last month. Local families were…
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Boat ramp rolled out*
Kingston District Council, South Australia, has used a military-style ‘boat-ramp-on-a-roll’ to improve boat launching and general beach access. Faun Trackway Limited, based on the Isle…
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Levelling the playing field
Brimbank City Council, Victoria, has announced a new partnership with Reclink Australia aimed at improving access to Council’s leisure centres for the Brimbank community. Under…
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Lighting up the town
A bright, warm and more inviting central business district (CBD) could soon be on the way with Toowoomba Regional Council, Queensland, voting last month in…
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Cities are the secret weapon
On 22 June 2021 a group of leading mayors travelled to Canberra to launch new research showing the emission reductions planned by just 60 of…
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Public Art Selected
City of Darwin has selected a concept design for the Bicentennial Park Public Art Project which brings together two cultural stories deeply connected to the…
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President’s comment– Mayor Tracey Roberts JP President Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA)
Local government is taking the lead on moving to renewable energy as part of a sector-wide project to leverage aggregated power requirements. Coordinated by WALGA,…
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Editorial
The Olympic Games was the saviour of thousands in lockdown earlier this month. Go the Aussies – all those medals. My heart goes out to…
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Six million dollar homelessness fund rolls out in WA
Homelessness Week in Western Australia has been marked by an announcement from the McGowan Government to co-fund initiatives to address homelessness in local communities. Under…
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Cyclone affected communities receive funding
Western Australian communities devastated by Severe Tropical Cyclone Seroja will receive $104.5 million, the largest disaster recovery package in the state’s history. Jointly funded by…









