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Community engagement, partnership and reconciliation
Gunnedah Shire Council’s longest serving councillor, Gwen Griffen, has been awarded Aboriginal Councillor of the Year at the 2013 Local Government Aboriginal Network Conference dinner…
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Integrated Movement Network Strategy
The Town of Victoria Park is believed to be the first Local Government Authority to have developed an Integrated Movement Network Strategy (IMNS) using State…
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Costa returns to Coffs
‘Gardening Australia’ host and Coffs Coast friend, Costa Georgiadis is returning for the 2013 Coffs Coast Sustainable Living Festival in November. The popular presenter, landscape…
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High Line already inspiring
Following our September story on New York City High Line founder Robert Hammond’s forthcoming visit to Australia, LG Focus heard from one reader who has…
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Lessons from la France – The Good Oil by Rod Brown
We are nearing the end of our tour of France. I feel like Chevy Chase in that movie heading to Disneyland with his family and…
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Striking new clubhouse for St Ives
St Ives Football Club’s next soccer season is sure to be a standout after the launch of their brand new clubhouse at Warrimoo Oval, St…
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Gippsland freight strategy
Mayors and CEOs from Gippsland’s six councils met with Victoria’s Deputy Premier Peter Ryan and Minister for Public Transport and Roads Terry Mulder last week…
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Councillor profiles – This month from Tasmania
Beautiful and bountifulI was elected to the Northern Midlands Council in 1999. In 2000 I was elected Mayor, a position I still hold today. The…
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Councillor profiles – This month from Tasmania
Keeping up with urban areasI was first elected as a Councillor in November 1996 and then as Deputy Mayor in the elections held in March…
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Paramount role for councils in disaster management reform
The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) has welcomed the Newman Government’s determination to ensure that police and emergency services in Queensland work closely and…
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Hike wraps up bushfire recovery activities
Margaret River’s Bushfire Recovery Working Group has hosted a hike along the fire-affected coast to mark the official wind up of recovery activities. Meeting at…
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Joondalup raises global environmental awareness through conference
Professor Tim Flannery says human beings may be the brain of the planet, but they must cooperate with all forms of life in the ecosystem…
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