News
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Motivational branding
Hawkesbury City Council has produced a new Hawkesbury Region Visitor Guide, which features an innovative approach to advertising. In a joint venture with local business…
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Prioritising development
The City of Prospect is creating opportunity and promoting growth via a strategic focus on Economic Development. The City of Prospect is the second smallest…
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Beautiful by Day, Spectacular by Night*
The new destination playground at South Bank’s Riverside Green was officially re-opened on Saturday 3 October to popular acclaim. Situated in an extremely busy section…
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Oasis in the desert
The Echidna Place precinct in the town of Thargomindah is now a contemporary, well-frequented space, but the complex had very different beginnings. The town of…
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Designing and constructing public buildings*
GR Design & Construct is Australia’s premier manufacturer of standard and customised engineered structures and buildings for the public sector. Andrew Gunnersen, director of GR…
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Editorial
The constant push by State Governments to alter the role of Local Governments right around Australia is a costly exercise of questionable value. The Western…
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Have your say… Letters to the editor
Dear LG Focus,Golden Plains Shire Council would like to publically state that it will not apply for any variation from the State Government’s proposed plan…
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EDA Awards for excellence 2015
IPEWA Exellence Awards 2015 EDA Awards for excellence 2015
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Caring for country
Blue Mountains Family Day Care held a successful ‘Caring for Country’ event during Children’s Week 2015 to promote Aboriginal cultural awareness. In association with Muru…
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Councils support asbestos awareness
November is National Asbestos Awareness month and many councils are helping to raise the profile of the potentially deadly building material. Chair of the Asbestos…
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Creating better parks
Brimbank City Council has been recognised as a leader in planning and innovation at the Awards for Planning Excellence in Melbourne last Friday 6 November.…
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Non-voters to be pursued
A disappointing voter turnout at a recent Northern Territory by-election has prompted the City of Darwin to pursue non-voters. Traditionally the City of Darwin has not…
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