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Committee to advise amalgamated council
It will be “business as usual” for residents in amalgamated area according to the former Mayor of Manly. New South Wales council amalgamations have been…
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Pop-up shop engages the community
Tweed Shire Council in New South Wales has been recognised for outstanding community engagement for a pop-up shopfront educating on foreshore revitalisation. About 2000 people…
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Infrastructure on show
Local government representatives were among the more than 2500 attendees at infrastructure industry Expo, CIVENEX, last month. The 61st CIVENEX, an initiative of the Institute…
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Virtual eyes on sea level rise
Lake Macquarie City Council in New South Wales is utilising virtual reality technology to educate constituents about rising sea levels. To communicate the complex effects…
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Software to support municipal route merger modelling*
ASPsoftware.com.au have just released version two of their Multi Vehicle Capacitated Route Planning software to help councils and contractors with the merger and optimising of…
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Future Directions – From the City of Rockingham Mayor, Barry Sammels
The City of Rockingham has Climate Change firmly as an objective to be studied and managed into the future. Set out as a Strategic Objective…
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Council project secures regional water supply
An award-winning project by Glen Innes Severn Council in northern New South Wales is guaranteeing water supply for the region. Water security in Glen Innes…
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Battery technology maximises solar energy
Willoughby Council in New South Wales is utilising new battery technology to increase the benefits of their solar farm. The Council has installed battery technology…
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Busting the buffel
Since 2012, Roxby Council in northern South Australia has set to work taming a pesky plant: buffel grass. Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) was introduced to…
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drumMUSTER and ChemClear® collection and recycling programs*
drumMUSTER is the national program for the collection and recycling of empty, cleaned, non-returnable metal and plastic agvet chemical containers. To date the program has…
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Harnessing stormwater
In a bid to drought-proof the local area, the Rural City of Murray Bridge has undertaken a large-scale stormwater treatment scheme. The rural city, located…
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Mobile recycling reduces illegal dumping
Residents in the Kempsey Shire on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales are benefiting from Australia’s first Mobile Community Recycling Centre (CRC). The…
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