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Becoming more small business friendly
City of Rockingham is one of the first local governments in Western Australia participating in the Small Business Friendly Approvals Program. The program, led by…
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Importance of successful contract management for local government*
Improving contract management as a core discipline across councils is an expectation by auditors, a desire for all vendors, and a significant value-multiplier for your investment in procurement resources who …
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Empowering youth program
Swan Hill Rural City Council, Victoria, recently appointed Empower Youth Engagement Worker, Ashlee Mason to work with young people who are disengaged or at risk…
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Technology mapping our future
New technology is being used across a wide range of Local Government services and is playing an increasingly important part in redefining services offered by…
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Automated Waste Collection System underway
Australia’s first underground automated waste collection system in the new Maroochydore City Centre, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, is moving closer to being switched on. Construction…
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Building surveyor position improves gender balance
Maddy Wood is constructing a career for herself in the field of building surveying, as the successful applicant for a position as assistant building surveyor…
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Kids’ street libraries are works of art
Blue Mountains City Council, New South Wales, has thanked all the children and volunteers who helped establish 11 new street libraries throughout the City. The…
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Audit results drive safety success
Shire of Kojonup, Western Australia, has worked hard across all Council departments and worksites to achieve major improvements in its Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)…
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Management skills invaluable for all industries*
After working as an engineer for two years in his home country of Nepal, Raunak Koirala realised that management was an integral part of the…
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Workshops for mental wellbeing
In February this year 175 Shire of Esperance, Western Australia, employees from across the organisation attended workshops facilitated by Happiness Co. The workshops aimed at…
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MAGIQ Software: preferred ‘Local Buy’ ICT supplier*
MAGIQ Software has been selected as a preferred supplier of information and communications technology (ICT) solutions and services by Local Buy (BUS274). Local Buy is…
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Staff housing in remote town gets nod
Victoria Daly Regional Council, Northern Territory, has been awarded grant funding of $350,000 through the Chief Minister’s Local Government Priority Infrastructure Fund to build staff…
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