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Councillor Profiles
Q. How long have you been on Council? I was first elected to Cairns City Council in 2000 in a four way contest for Division…
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A taste of harmony
With one in four Australian workers coming from overseas, there has never been a more important time to acknowledge and celebrate Australia’s diverse workforce. Recently…
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Seniors on sustainability
Randwick City Council recently launched its first sustainability book, Legacies for a Better World: Seniors on Sustainability, providing tried and tested tips on sustainable living.…
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Bright sparks don’t beat about bush
Councils across Australia are engaging in innovative programs to communicate better, build stronger business and tourism, put on better events, commemorate history, and profile their…
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K-9 KUBE set to revolutionise OH&S
What has been 18 months in development has come to fruition with the official launch of the K-9 KUBE in Swan Hill on 30 March. Australian designed…
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Fairfield’s approach to OH&S
Fairfield City Council has a robust Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) that prides itself on a unique and fluid consultation framework. "Staff safety…
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Interpretative signs a great success for Whyalla
Located at the top of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, the City of Whyalla is known as the cuttlefish capital of the world.Each year,…
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Governance not service delivery?
At last year’s Future of Local Government Summit the proposition put was that Local Government’s core role in the future will be governance, not service…
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The meat in the sandwich?
The Coalition Government’s new agenda is to change the Big State to the Small State through introducing a localism approach based upon a Big Society.…
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Symposium on the economic impact of natural disasters
The Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) symposium on the Economic Dimension of Floods and Natural Disasters is a great opportunity to learn more…
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Minister announces $1B funding for regional development
On 3 March, Federal Minister for Regional Australia Simon Crean announced a $1 billion five year program known as the Regional Development Australia Fund in…
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The rains bring road problems
The long term drought conditions kept council roads in reasonably good order, but with the return of the rains, not to mention the floods, concrete…
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