News
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iFerret uncovers the facts to ensure good corporate governance at Randwick Council*
The ability of a purpose-built search engine to find and deliver an electronic “package” of documents to meet a range of information needs is proving…
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Records team is nation’s best
Logan City Council’s efforts to integrate almost 200,000 records from the former Allconnex Water have been acknowledged with a national award. Governance, Finance and Economic…
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New solar power system cuts costs
The solar power system installed in Kempsey Shire Council’s depot is providing good benefits to Council with savings in electricity costs and the reduction in…
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Road puzzles solved*
Pavement stabilisation:Treating pavements with PolyCom Stabilising Aid delivers comparable results to traditional stabilising methods with regard to strength but also imparts a high degree of…
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Program guides Shire’s future leaders
Eleven students from secondary schools and alternative education institutions across Cardinia Shire have graduated from Council’s 2013 Young Leaders program. The innovative, Council-funded program targets…
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Best practice: Enterprise Risk Management*
Historically, risk management has tended to focus on the negative – how do we identify what might go wrong? How bad will things get if…
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Moreland City Council
Moreland City Council
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Women make their mark
Women in Australia are under-represented in local government at senior levels. According to the Women in Local Government Strategy 2009-2012, around one quarter of councillors,…
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Editorial
With the face of local government changing and responsibilities ever increasing, funding, as always, is a huge concern. For now, at least, there will be…
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Have your say… Letters to the editor
Dear LG FocusThe City of Stirling is taking up the fight to protect the areas it will lose from its boundary under proposed local government…
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Fishing rights affirmed for Torres Strait Islanders
A group of Torres Strait Islanders has won a bid to secure commercial fishing rights under native title. The group wants to build an economic…
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High Line founder hopes to inspire others
Robert Hammond, co-founder of New York City’s High Line, a paragon of urban revitalisation, says he and co-founder Joshua David had two dreams for the…
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