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Liverpool Plains mayor
This month Local Government Focus caught up with Liverpool Plains Shire Mayor, Councillor Doug Hawkins OAM. LG: Thank you for chatting with us Mayor Hawkins,…
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Counting to tree
Moonee Valley City Council is leading the charge to plant more trees in the west, with the launch of its One, Two, Tree campaign. In…
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Former Tafe eyed for housing estate
The Liverpool plains region is working on a plan to use the site of the former TAFE at Quirindi to help ease housing shortages in…
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Local government minister meets northern mayors
NSW Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig made his first visit to the Northern Rivers Region in late February just a week before the second…
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WA to simplify local government meeting procedures
The Cook Government has released a consultation paper aimed to create simplified meeting procedures for all Western Australian local governments. Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley…
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New short courses give insight into emergency and disaster health
In a time of environmental disasters and ongoing threats of disease outbreaks, a new suite of micro-credential courses Sydney’s Charles Darwin University will give students…
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Fighting cane toads on the front line
Councils in Southeast Queensland and Northern New South Wales are leading the way in controlling populations of cane toads by partnering with not for profit,…
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Major road works sequel to two years of disasters
Warrumbungle Shire is set to carry out more than $15 million in work to its infrastructure after being disaster-declared on numerous occasions throughout 2021 and…
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Narrandera – a typical town awaiting a trigger
This is a very interesting town on several fronts. It’s at the junction of the Newell and Sturt highways, and midway between Wagga and Griffith,…
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Peter Scott’s final gavel echoes across Cook Shire
After two decades of dedicated service in local government, Cook Shire Mayor Peter Scott presided over his last Council meeting on Tuesday, 12 March 2024,…
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Naming deadly heatwaves
With parts of Australia reeling from record-breaking heat, the Climate Council is calling for heatwaves to be named, similar to how we name tropical cyclones,…
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Mayors go back to school for the day
The mayors from shires in South Western New South Wales went back to school for a day last month. The visit was part of a…
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