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AWRE Council Innovation Awards*
The Australasian Waste and Recycling Expo (AWRE) and Meinhardt, the global multidisciplinary engineering and professional services consultancy, has put a call out to Councils who…
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Local infrastructure under threat
The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) has warned that local council infrastructure projects may be put in jeopardy. LGAQ President Margaret de Wit said…
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Delegation from Central Java
Logan City Council and students at Browns Plains State High School have welcomed a government delegation from Indonesia. His Excellency Mr H. Ganjar Pranowo SH Governor…
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Nominations open
Nominations for candidates at the 2014 South Australian Local Government Elections are open today, Tuesday, September 2, 2014. Local Government Association of South Australia (LGASA)…
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Patchwork links services
More responsive and accessible community and health services have come to families and young people in Colac after the introduction of the Patchwork computer program.…
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Audit finds major landfill risks well managed but localised risks remain
In a report tabled in the Victorian Parliament today, Managing Landfills, Auditor-General John Doyle found that Victoria’s landfill management had improved since events in Casey…
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Choice and control empowers people with disability
An evaluation report of a self-managed funding pilot shows that giving people with disability the power to manage their supports gave them greater choice of…
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Collingwood Town Hall refurbishment*
The hall was built between 1885 and 1890 to the design of local architect George R. Johnson in the Second Empire style, and it is…
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Bring Back Financial Assistance Grants
Almost 900 delegates from councils across Australia came together in Canberra for the National General Assembly of Local Government (NGA), supporting an urgent motion to…
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Editorial
This year was the first National General Assembly this journalist has attended, and I was overwhelmed by the excitement and enthusiasm that I witnessed. Throughout…
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Have your say… Letters to the editor
Dear LG Focus,I commend the Premier and his Government for setting aside $400 million in the budget for a Western Sydney Light Rail network. It…
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National leadership on affordable housing
Local councils from around Australia have united to call for a national policy on affordable housing. The recommendation, from Marrickville Council, was endorsed last week…
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