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Coordinated resourcing needed to deliver
Rugby Australia will receive $20 million to upgrade facilities but Blacktown City Council will have to go it alone on its planned International Centre of…
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New waste policy lacks backbone
The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) is calling for leadership from the Commonwealth following endorsement of the new National Waste Policy (NWP) at the 8th…
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Sustainable design policy
The City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, will become the fi rst regional council to have an Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) policy added to its Planning Scheme. The…
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Do you really understand your suppliers?*
For many years, the focus for procurement has been squarely on efficiency: helping the organisation by securing key goods and services more cheaply, quickly, easily…
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Defence strategy welcomed
Chair of the South West Group Voluntary Regional Organisation of Councils (VROC), City of Melville Mayor, Russell Aubrey, has welcomed the development of Western Australia’s…
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Removing the pain from IT software choices*
A fully cloud based total software solution for local government, directly competing against other software suppliers, is taking the pain out of choosing council information…
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Retail development promises jobs boom
Construction is poised to begin on a landmark 30,000 sq m retail centre in Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, set to create more than 600…
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Disability Action Week success
From golf to hip-hop, Cairns Regional Council’s Disability Action Week, held in September, provided a range of activities to promote inclusion. Under the umbrella of…
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Solution to single use plastics
Central Coast Council, New South Wales, is waging a war on single use plastic bags and is looking to partner with local fruit and vegetable…
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Sculptures in the garden
Mid-western Regional Council, New South Wales, will soon have three new artworks to add to its public art collection as a result of acquisitions from…
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Tree app grows on residents
Residents of Mosman, New South Wales, can now easily find all the information required for the management of trees via a newly launched app called…
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Regional cities unite
An alliance of New South Wales (NSW) regional cities will create a united voice to influence State Government policy and investment on issues such as…
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