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Cloud technology lets staff leave desks
With a vision for staff to move beyond their desks and out into the community, Mitchell Shire Council is paving the way for local councils…
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IT leaders in NSW
Gosford City Council (GCC) has become the first council in the country to be granted an Australian Communication & Media Authority carrier licence, allowing access…
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Increasing disaster alert accuracy
Whitsunday Regional Council Mayor Jenny Whitney said Council is working with Geographical Information System (GIS) specialists and the Queensland Government to improve the mapping that…
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High road or low road?*
The world is transforming into a networked, collaborative society, and Local Government needs to align itself with the global push for reform and increased productivity.…
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‘Guardian’ makes situational awareness live*
During a disaster information is key, and your situational awareness software should be live, constantly reporting and adhering to the principles of the Australasian Inter-Service…
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The digital sea change of information processing*
The conflux of cloud hosted software systems is opening the application access floodgates, previously pent up behind internal IT department implementation or development backlogs. Users…
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State split on merges
The NSW Independent Local Government Review Panel has released its final report for further discussion with the sector. Panel Chair, Professor Graham Samson, said that…
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Editorial
One of the Coalition’s election promises was to reinstate John Howard’s controversial ‘work for the dole’ program for Newstart recipients. The Government’s recent announcement that…
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Have your say… Letters to the editor
Dear LG FocusThe constant beating of the Local Government Reform drum is tiresome and counter-productive. There are enough issues for the community to ponder about…
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New vision for Ballarat Botanical Gardens
The City of Ballarat and Friends of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens have signed a memorandum of understanding for the future of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens,…
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Preparation key to council business planning.*
The majority of states have already, or are about to introduce, more rigorous legislation in relation to council and community planning. This requires Councils to…
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President’s comment – Election year brings big opportunities
It will be a big year in 2014 for local government in Victoria, with the state election on 29 November. Going into the election we…
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