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Proposed levy on Queensland household waste
On Friday the Queensland Government released a directions paper for public comment, which included plans for a general waste levy to commence in 2019. The…
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Environmental leadership in the Adelaide Hills
Adelaide Hills Council was a recent finalist in the 2018 Local Government Professionals of South Australia Leadership Excellence Awards for Excellence in Environmental Leadership and…
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Give a little, change a lot
Volunteer fire fighting resources within Western Australia’s Great Southern Region were stretched beyond capacity at 6.30pm on 24 May 2018. City of Albany alone had…
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Give a little, change a lot
Volunteer fire fighting resources within Western Australia’s Great Southern Region were stretched beyond capacity at 6.30pm on 24 May 2018. City of Albany alone had…
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Editorial
May was a month for collaboration. In New South Wales (NSW) a number of regional councils voluntarily aligned in regional groups creating Joint Organisations (JOs)…
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Lights on at saleyards
Cootamundra– Gundagai Regional Council (CGRC), has allocated $300,000 from the Stronger Communities Fund major projects program to undertake an electrical upgrade and installation of new…
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Steam weeder to reduce herbicide use
Cook Shire Council, Queensland, will be reducing the use of herbicides around towns, with the addition of a new steam weeder to the parks and…
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Council budgets are being blown away on unsealed roads*
Ravel test results compiled from field reports in Victoria and New South Wales during 2017 demonstrated strong proof of Polycom product efficacy. Fourteen unsealed roads…
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Skate park upgrade underway
The City of Launceston will undertake a major upgrade of the Ravenswood Skate Park this year at a cost of $300,000 including a $45,000 grant…
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Raised walkway protects the lowlands
Central Coast Council, New South Wales, has begun building a $1.05 million boardwalk in Springfield that will provide an essential link between the residential neighbourhood…
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Green Shoots’ campaign in Tathra
Bega Valley Shire Council officially launched the ‘Green Shoots’ campaign with a community working bee at Tathra Beach. The working bee, held in partnership with…
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Experts to advise on tree management
City of Darwin has shown it is taking a thorough approach to replanting and tree management in the aftermath of Cyclone Marcus. An expert panel…
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