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New Aboriginal Artwork
An art installation that celebrates local Aboriginal culture has been added to Hornsby Shire Council’s redeveloped James Park. Aboriginal artist Kerrie Kenton designed the sculptures…
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Addressing Cultural Diversity
Wyndham City Council hosted the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV)’s inaugural biennial multicultural policy development conference on the 12th of September. The fully subscribed conference…
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$6.3m to support the disability sector
Canberra’s disability sector will receive a further $6.3 million in funding to help the ACT adapt to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Minister for…
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Nominations break records
South Australians will vote for a record number of contested positions and a record number of women candidates following the close of nominations for Council…
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Disappointment over powers
The Local Government Association of South Australia (LGASA) has expressed its disappointment over recent changes to the powers of Local Government. Liberal Members of the…
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Northern Beaches Hospital Precinct structure plan
Warringah Council has appointed consultants, Hames Sharley, to prepare a Precinct Structure Plan to guide future land uses and development around the new Northern Beaches…
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Cost of Reform
The Western Australia Local Government Association (WALGA) have highlighted the announcement by the New South Wales Government of $1 billion in funding for its reform…
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Value of regional cities
The Australian Regional Development Conference will demonstrate the value of regional cities as residential destinations. Mr Stephen Smith, an Associate with Deicke Richards will deliver…
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New Vice President of international local government organisation
The Deputy Director of the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG), Melissa Gibbs, has been elected to the position of Vice President of…
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Mixed messages for local communities
The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) have welcome a major Federal Government report that condemned restrictions on local councils using their own staff to…
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Support for preventing violence against women
The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Crime Prevention, Edward O’Donohue, of a further $200,000 of funding to…
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Roads to recovery allocated
Local councils across Australia will this week receive advice of their allocation under the Australian Government’s Roads to Recovery program. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister…
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