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Lease signed for electric bus trial
Noosa Council has signed global bus manufacturer Higer Bus and Coach to provide the vehicles for an electric bus trial next year. Two 25-seater buses…
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Slashing emissions
Moonee Valley City Council-operated buildings have gone carbon neutral. With all 50 Council operated buildings now carbon neutral, the Victorian Council is on its way…
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Sustainability benchmarking report given green light
Sunshine Coast Council in Queensland has released a forward-thinking sustainability benchmarking report to help curtail greenhouse gas emissions. The Sunshine Coast Council Organisational Environmental Sustainability…
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Learning to stress less
The Town of Port Hedland, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, is helping employees reduce their stress levels. Managing stress and mental health in…
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Trainee intake takes off
Wollongong City Council’s largest ever intake of trainees started work across civil and park areas in September. Council called for applications in July for 21…
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Cape York solar plans up-scaled
Cook Shire Council in Far North Queensland has welcomed plans to build a second solar farm in the Cape York region. Construction on the solar…
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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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