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Smart drains for Gosnell
A Smart Drainage program has delivered significant flow-on effects for the City of Gosnells’ maintenance and asset management programs. The program uses smart technologies to…
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City to reduce landfill greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse gases will be captured and destroyed at Hanrahan Road Waste Facility thanks to an agreement with environmental services company LMS Energy to reduce methane…
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Housing action for workers
Nine applications for funding to deliver key worker housing in Mansfield Shire have been submitted to Regional Development Victoria. These projects, if successful, will create…
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Planting a future for schools
The Schools First Street Tree Planting project is an innovative climate and health initiative led by Maroondah City Council to adapt existing tree planting operations…
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Supercharging cleaning efforts
Melbourne is embracing 24/7 cleaning and graffiti removal thanks to an innovative new cleaning contract – ensuring the city will always be looking its best…
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Understanding all gender toilets
Going to the toilet is a right, not a privilege. For many years people with disabilities have struggled to gain access to suitable public toilet…
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Mayors welcome safety review
The NSW Country Mayors Association (CMA) has welcomed the NSW Government’s announcement of a new Inquiry into Community Safety in Regional and Rural Communities and…
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Mayor of the “women’s river place”
Moira Were AM, Mayor, of the City of Onkaparinga, South Australia was kind enough to sit down and answer our questions this month. Tell us…
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WA regional telecommunications inquiry welcomed
The long-awaited in inquiry into regional telecommunications in Western Australia has been announced according to WALGA president Karen Chappel and CEO Nick Sloan. “We have…
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De-amalgamation proposal goes on display
NSW Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig has announced that the Cootamundra-Gundagai de-amalgamation proposal has now gone on public exhibition. “On Thursday, 28 March I…
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Ministers welcome inquiry
The long overdue parliamentary inquiry into local government sustainability is good news for the sector, its workers and the communities who rely on this critical…
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Queensland housing relief program expanded
Queensland’s Immediate Housing Relief for Families program has been expanded to include anyone at risk of homelessness. Housing and Local Government Minister Meaghan Scanlon said…
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