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Is bigger better?
In a first for Western Australia, the City of Melville has began a new trial to test whether using a 50 per cent larger yellow…
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A cooler work environment with Thermoshield
Kempsey Shire Council’s Water Treatment Plant at South West Rocks has recently been prepared and coated with Thermoshield by Climate Change Australia –Thermal Coatings. The…
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Scrap the cap, NSW councils say
New South Wales councils are still calling for the removal of rate pegging, despite a new method of determining the rate cap limit. The new…
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Marion highlights the art of respect
The City of Marion in southern Adelaide is fostering the talent of young artists, while keeping graffiti off the streets. Through its ‘Art of Respect’…
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An opportunity to be different? – The UK Experience by Malcolm Morley*
While many UK Chief Executives would have been thinking over Christmas about the challenges of the financial situation that their councils are in, hopefully many…
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Move over Google Maps – SA Council Maps is here
The City of Unley is one of 30 metropolitan and regional South Australian Councils that have collaborated to launch the SA Council Maps website. The site…
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Green building retrofit loans
Some of Australia’s commercial buildings could become more energy efficient as a result of a Memorandum of Understanding signed late last year by Australian Carbon…
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YoWiLG 2010: A year of change
In 2008, a diverse group of industry leaders met to chart a way forward for women in Local Government in Australia. It was clear that…
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The launching of a phenomenon
Then Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Anthony Albanese called for all Australian councils to better reflect the communities they seek to…
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LGMA National Congress
As project managers of the Year of Women in Local Government in 2010, Local Government Managers Australia (LMGA) dedicated a series of activities and events…
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2010 YoWiLG Ambassadors
In 2009, the Year of Women in Local Government National Steering Committee (NSC) undertook a nation wide search for council officers and elected representatives to…
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LGPro’s Women’s Professional Development Forum a winner
Women in Local Government turned out in force to support the Local Government Professionals’ (LGPro) first Women’s Professional Development Forum held to mark the 2010…
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