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NeatStreets – smart phone application
South Australia’s City of Port Adelaide Enfield is one of several councils using a smart phone application to keep up to date with maintenance needs…
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IT solution fits all sizes*
Two councils, one small and the other growing rapidly, have found a common solution to their differing IT challenges. The Town of Kwinana, now on…
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FrankstonTV to improve City image
In a bid to improve Frankston’s online image, a campaign has been launched encouraging locals to capture what they love about Frankston on video. Frankston…
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Evolution of IT at Darwin
An increasing demand for technology, combined with an increase in staff using it has led Darwin City Council to review its entire IT network and…
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Guardian teams support council neighbours*
With major disaster events this year in sites using Guardian throughout Queensland and the Northern Territory, the value of staff sent in to support neighbouring…
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Huon Valley Council is a twitter
Birds do it, anyone under the age of 30 does it, and now Tasmania’s Huon Valley Council is doing it too. Council has adopted the…
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Streamlining IT support services
Recognising IT as an internal business partner and crucial to the business processes of an organisation, Gosford City Council on the Central Coast of New…
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Melville DVD targets teen binge drinking
The City of Melville south of Perth has launched a powerful new educational resource aimed at addressing teen binge drinking. The DVD, titled The Gathering,…
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Online training first for SA Local Government
The Local Government Association of South Australia (LGASA) has launched a first in training for its elected members with six online training modules to assist…
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eAudiobooks live at Mount Gambier Library
South Australia’s Mount Gambier City Council has introduced eAudiobooks as the latest innovation at its state of the art library. Launched on 1 March, the…
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Call for nominations for the 2011 MobileMuster Local Government Awards: Councils to be recognised for mobile phone recycling efforts*
MobileMuster, the official recycling program of the mobile phone industry, is calling on local councils who have helped promote and collect mobile phones for recycling…
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The Hunter Councils story – by Roger Stephan*
In the 1990s, Local Government throughout Australia was in an era of profound change. In 1993, for example, a new Local Government Act was introduced…



