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Winning together – Presidents comment
In May this year Local Government SA demonstrated the power of working together to ensure winning outcomes for communities. South Australia has more than 160,000…
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Installation of carved poles
Shoalhaven City Council has worked with the Jerrinja Local Aboriginal Land Council in undertaking the installation of eight carved poles on Crookhaven Headland. The eight…
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Nominate for Australian of the Year
The Australia Day Council of New South Wales has invited Dubbo residents to nominate inspirational Australians from their community for the 2016 Australian of the…
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Youth sports assistance tips $100,000
A milestone in youth health and wellbeing was recently achieved with vouchers issued by Margaret River Recreation Centre under the Western Australian State Government’s Kidsport…
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Leading energy storage incentive
In an Australian first, Adelaide City businesses, residents, schools and community organisations will now be offered an incentive of up to $5,000 for installing energy…
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Partnership with Aboriginal research centre
The City of Fremantle is pleased to announce a partnership with Pindi Pindi, an Aboriginal-owned and operated research centre for community wellbeing. The partnership will…
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Time for feds to re-engage with cities – The Good Oil by Rod Brown
About six months after taking office, the Abbott Government quietly closed its Major Cities Unit within the Department of Infrastructure. It was all part of…
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Community satisfaction a record high
A random telephone survey has found that community satisfaction with Warringah Council is at record highs, with 94 percent of the population ‘somewhat’ to ‘very’…
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ALGWA breakfast at National General Assembly 2015
The Australian Local Government Women’s Association (ALGWA) Board hosted delegates from across Australia at their Annual Networking Breakfast in Canberra on the 15th of June,…
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Historic photo celebrates centenary
Victoria’s women councillors celebrated the centenary of women being allowed to stand for local government with a special photograph in the historic Melbourne City Council…
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Fifth gold award for annual report
The City of Ryde’s 2013–14 Annual Report was awarded gold at the 65th Australasian Reporting Awards held in Melbourne recently. The 2015 award is the…
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Councillor profiles – This month from Burnie City Council, TAS
Ten years in councilI have been elected to Burnie City Council for 10 years. I served in the role of Deputy Mayor between 2007 and…
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