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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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Preventing industrial deafness
With noise induced hearing loss and ‘industrial deafness’ a concern for all employees, Bellingen, Gloucester and Port Macquarie-Hastings Councils in New South Wales have joined…
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Five star green rating for Gosnell’s Civic Centre
The City of Gosnells’ new Civic Centre has recently received a Five Star Green rating from the Green Building Council of Australia. Completed last year,…
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Infrastructure asset management course
The Centre for Pavement Engineering Education and the University of Tasmania are offering an industry specific four unit Graduate Certificate and eight unit Graduate Diploma…
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Trenchless sewer maintenance ahead of schedule
Rockhampton Regional Council’s innovative trenchless sewer rehabilitation program is continuing to deliver cost effective results in upgrading the region’s sewer networks.The multi million dollar sewer…
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