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Keeping the Territory moving
The Local Government Association of the Northern Territory (LGANT) plays a unique role among Australian peak municipal bodies in road management, maintaining a massive amount…
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Digital toolsets enabling a sustainable approach to procurement*
By Rob Cook, Marketing Manager, TenderLink As a middle-aged (and some would claim) ‘hippy’, it always strikes me as interesting that although sustainability is a…
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Future Directions – From Northern Grampians Shire Council
In the face of recent changes to some of its most important revenue sources, Northern Grampians Shire Council has launched a campaign to secure the…
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Reining in renewals
Burke Shire in Queensland’s northwest corner is protecting its bottom line by taking a critical look at the assets on its books. As a remote…
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Financial sustainability in unsealed road asset management*
Research into the condition of unsealed roads in Australia shows 19% are in poor to very poor condition, according to ALGA’s 2015 State of the…
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Paving the way to better roads
Isaac Regional Council’s road operations have received an efficiency boost with the purchase of three new graders equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. The…
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Fleet’s best-loved sedans have just got better*
The leaders in the sedan pack have been further improved, making them an even surer bet for your fleet. Both Toyota Camry Altise and Aurion…
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Saving on height and width roadside works
Mitchell Shire Council’s Works Department is achieving more than twice the work on nearly half the budget with a new approach to roadside height and…
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The popularity of the new hi-tech LUXMANN CORNEA® LED streetlights*
More and more Local Governments are adopting the new hi-tech LUXMANN CORNEA® LED streetlights, which, as was reported in our April issue, received a glowing…
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Low-entry trucks improve driver safety
Lake Macquarie City Council in New South Wales has introduced vehicles that are easy for drivers to enter and exit during bulk waste collections. Low-entry…
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Sounds of silence a big tick in Gapuwiyak
A noise reduction project by East Arnhem Regional Council turned out to have even better results than expected. In the small East Arnhem Land community…
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East meets West
The City of Mount Gambier has commenced works to transform a current rail corridor into a shared cycling/walking path that will join East and West…
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