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Efficiencies of centre-led procurement*
By Rob Cook, Marketing Manager, TenderLink The recent move towards council consolidations and amalgamations is largely aimed at increasing efficiency and reducing costs. It’s the…
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Regional collaboration drives tourism
Not-for-profit organisation Avon Tourism is seeking to build a competitive tourism industry for the seven shires within the Avon Valley region in Western Australia. Chair,…
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Future Directions – By Manager Information Services, Aaron Jurd, Central Highlands Regional Council, Queensland
Sixty thousand square kilometres, 30,000 residents, 380 staff members and more than a dozen offices, depots and work sites – welcome to the Central Highlands…
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Removing paper headaches from accounts payable
The Burke Shire in Queensland’s Gulf of Carpentaria may be one of the state’s most remote councils, but its team is thinking outside the box…
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Sharing resources, sharing rewards
Two sets of councils in Tasmania are proving that you can do more with less. In November 2015, Councils throughout Tasmania were prompted by the…
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Council’s high achievers – Waste Management Team Central Desert Regional Council, Northern Territory
When the Central Desert Regional Council was formed in 2008, it inherited a significant waste legacy problem, but a concerted effort from the Council’s Waste…
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Council’s high achievers – Rebecca Want de Rowe, Alderman, the City of Darwin, Northern Territory
Self-described “born and bred Territorian” Rebecca Want de Rowe was elected to the City of Darwin in 2014 at the age of 29. She was…
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Recognition for traditional owners
Ballina Shire Council’s interpretive signage project is helping to fortify the relationship with the local Aboriginal community. The award-winning project by Ballina Shire Council and…
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Crash card
A card that logs motorcyclists’ details, produced by Hornsby Shire Council, is now being rolled out across New South Wales. The rollout of the motorcycle…
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New guide for increasing accessibility in local government
The guide is available for councils to provide improved support for people with a disability. The new guide – the first in 20 years –…
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Fully licensed beach an Australian first
Western Australia has come of age with Australia’s first ever liquor licence for alfresco beach dining granted to Bathers Beach House in Fremantle. With sun…
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Councillor profiles – Councillor Bruce Green, Mayor, Cit of Port Lincoln, South Australia
The seafood capitalPort Lincoln sits on the southern tip of Eyre Peninsula, with Spencer Gulf to the East and Great Australian Bight to the West.…
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