News
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Carbon cut and wastewater treatment costs slashed*
Among the major challenges facing councils in Australia is the need to treat growing amounts of wastewater caused by population growth; the costs of this…
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Friendship park opens
As the first children wandered into the new Australia Japan Friendship Park in Ichinoseki, Japan last month, their eyes lit up. With koala and kangaroo…
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Delete the Re-sheet: Recycle, reuse, rehabilitate your unsealed roads*
Local Government has always faced threats to services and financial sustainability. The possibility of forced amalgamations, a freeze on the indexation of grants, reductions in…
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Separating Risk from Uncertainty in a Brave New Amalgamated World *
By Rob Cook With Mike Baird announcing in December his plan to amalgamate more than a quarter of NSW’s 152 councils, including whittling Sydney’s metropolitan…
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The Mayor’s Christmas Library Amnesty Records Big Haul
The Hills community has once again responded generously to the Mayor’s Christmas Library Amnesty, with 106 boxes of non-perishable food donated throughout December. The Hills…
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Council empowering women in local government
Penrith City Council will host an education and training program for women who are interested in being elected to local government, existing women councillors or…
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New idea to help homeless
The City of Fremantle is encouraging visitors to donate spare change to secure collection stands in the Fremantle Central Business District (CBD). The soon-to-be-installed collection…
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Heat map to boost freight
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s (NHVR) enhanced performance heat map technology will advance the movement of freight across the country. The maps will provide local…
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Fire Levy waived for bushfire relief
Council will waive all 2015-16 rates for 116 developed properties that were destroyed by the fire in Wye River and Separation Creek. In addition, properties…
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Gender equality a priority
Readers will remember 2010 was the Year of Women in Local Government – an initiative of the Local Government Managers Association (now LG Professionals Australia)…
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Support for local manufacturers
Wyndham City Council will join forces with the Australian Made Campaign this year to help drive support for the local manufacturing industry. Manufacturers within Wyndham…
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