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APS is here to help you at tax time*
Would you like to deal with a not for profit financial services provider? Are you sick of paying exorbitant fees for your taxation affairs? Are…
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Penrith monitoring water and energy use
Penrith City Council is using a Data Management System (DMS) to monitor its water and energy usage. The DMS enables the western Sydney Council to…
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Trail links townships
Baw Baw Shire Council has created the Two Towns trail linking the townships of Drouin and Warragul and encouraging walking and cycling as an active…
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Data in. Brilliance out*
There is a lot of information that councils want to and often must provide to the public. Websites are a great way for making that…
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Frontier Software bags gold*
Frontier Software has again been voted Number One HR Technology Provider in Australia by Human Capital Magazine. This is the third year running that Frontier…
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Year of Women in Local Government
Call for greater gender balance in councils Chair of the National Steering Committee of the Year of Women in Local Government, Ray Pincombe, said that…
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Editorial: on the way to a fairer tax system
As part of the review into Australia’s Future Tax System (the Henry Tax Review), the Federal Government recently announced its intention to pursue tax reform…
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President’s comment
In each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association president. The following is from Mayor Felicity-ann Lewis, President of the Local Government…
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2010 Australasian Management Challenge finalists announced
The regional winners of Local Government Managers Australia’s 2010 Management Challenge were announced recently. The successful team from each State and New Zealand will compete…
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Towong a tourist attraction
Towong Shire Council has developed a Tourism discussion paper to inform local communities of past and present success, while developing ideas for the future. Tourism…
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Ecotourism – Opportunities to be tapped
The Good Oil by Rod Brown* In recent months, I’ve been featuring regions with potential to build on particular competitive advantages. Let’s now dwell on…
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Canterbury getting tough on graffiti
New South Wales’ City of Canterbury is offering residents free graffiti removal kits in an aim to stamp out graffiti in the local area. As…
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