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City of Cairns leads the way*
Cairns Regional Council followed in the footsteps of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne when they recently installed 172 Braille and tactile street signs and by doing…
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Working together to reduce waste
Western Sydney councils are on a mission to reduce waste, increase recycling and prevent illegal dumping under a new four-year strategy. The Western Sydney Regional…
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Scrap metal delivers return
Thanks to a new coordinated approach to metal recovery, Central Coast Council, New South Wales, collected a record amount of scrap metal from across its…
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Reimagining Rochester
The small township of Rochester in Victoria’s Campaspe Shire, was devastated by the announcement that Murray Goulburn would close the door on the Rochester manufacturing…
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Three tips for the caretaker period – The Good Oil by Rod Brown
When Cormann, Cash and Fifield wandered, with grim faces, into the Senate courtyard on Thursday 23 August we knew that the right-wing had prevailed in…
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A win for the community
The Shire of Woodanilling, Western Australia, have been successful in their Grant Application for $42,000 through Lotterywest for the installation of two banks of Outdoor…
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Artwork from the Inside comes out
An exhibition with a difference was opened in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, last month by Regional Director Hume Region Department of Justice &…
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International recognition for botanic gardens
Wollongong Botanic Garden, New South Wales, has become the first Australian Botanic Garden to receive Conservation Practitioner Accreditation from Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BCGI). The…
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Cuttlefest is exactly right for growing
Whyalla’s growing cuttlefish experience is on the South Australian Government’s radar and “exactly” the sort of nature-based tourism venture it is keen to support. Minister…
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Next gen council meeting
Local high school students were invited to get a taste of what it’s like to be a Councillor when Central Coast Council, New South Wales,…
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Social housing campaign launched
The Eastern Affordable Housing Alliance (EAHA) has called on all Victorian political parties to zone in and deliver real action on social housing. The EAHA…
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Which bin?
How many times have you stood on the street checking which coloured bins your neighbours have put out for collection? Moree Plains Shire Council has…
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