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First to ban single-use plastic takeaway packaging
Hobart has become the first city in Australia to ban single-use plastic takeaway food packaging as part of a wider move to become single-use plastic…
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Editorial
Slotted fortuitously between the end of the most recent Victorian lockdown and the beginning of the New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Western Australian, Queensland…
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Online voting approved for NSW local government elections
Local Government elections will proceed in September despite the possibility of Greater Sydney’s lockdown continuing or expanding to other areas of New South Wales. Councils…
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Celebrating NAIDOC Week in the NT with Reconciliation Action Plan launch
West Arnhem Regional Council (WARC), Northern Territory, is celebrating a significant milestone in the journey towards reconciliation following the launch of its first Reconciliation Action…
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Council workers can get time off to get COVID-19 jab
More than 45,000 council staff across New South Wales have been made eligible for special vaccination leave, after 105 of the state’s councils opted-in to…
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Western Australia’s first Regional Climate Alliances revealed
Two partnerships representing 13 local governments combined have been selected as Western Australia’s first Regional Climate Alliances. The $500,000 Regional Climate Alliance pilot program is…
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Historic agreement amplifies the voice of rural and remote Queensland
Queensland’s Deputy Premier and Minister for Local Government, Steven Miles and Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) President, Mayor Mark Jamieson signed the Rural and…
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Regional data hub
The Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications has called on regional communities to help support the creation of a new Regional…
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Councillor profiles – Tim Wilson Mayor Kentish Council
Kentish is located in the central northern part of Tasmania, and is quite a mountainous municipality renowned for its beauty. Cradle Mountain is our prime…
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Councillor profiles – Julie Arnold Mayor King Island Council
King Island is the second smallest Tasmanian local municipality with approximately 1,600 residents. The island lies in Bass Strait midway between the Victorian coast and…
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Address verification helps ACT Government increase efficiency*
Making an error when entering an address in an online form might not seem like a big deal, but if you’ve been on the receiving…
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Upcoming collection of unwanted agvet chemicals*
Agsafe’s product stewardship programs, drumMUSTER and ChemClear, provide farmers with a reliable pathway for the safe disposal of their empty agvet containers as well as…
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