News
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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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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…



