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Wash Against Waste Trailer
Wash Against Waste Trailer As part of the popular Castlemaine State Festival’s journey towards being a carbon neutral event, a local initiative called the Wash…
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Long term walking and cycling strategy gets the go ahead
Long term walking and cycling strategy gets the go ahead Council recently adopted the 2010–2020 Walking and Cycling Strategy. This long term plan will guide…
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Community Environment Grants Program
Community Environment Grants Program Each year, Council provides grant funding to local community groups as part of the annual Community Environment Grants program. The funding…
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Planning to visit Mount Alexander?
Planning to visit Mount Alexander? An outline of things to see and do. The Garfield Wheel. Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park Australia’s first national heritage…
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Working with our communities to build a climate resilient future
Staging its first national environment conference on 15 and 16 April, the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) brought together a range of keynote speakers, and…
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Editorial: Australia’s population debate
The recent appointment of Australia’s first ever Population Minister is a clear indication of the far reaching implications that the continuing growth of our nation…
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President’s comment
In each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association president. The following is from Councillor Bill McArthur, President of the Municipal Association…
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LGAQ: amalgamation compensation disappointing
Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) President, Councillor Paul Bell, has described the compensation allocated to amalgamated councils as disappointing. Queensland Local Government Minister Desley…
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Beechworth wins national Tidy Towns award
At a ceremony at Government House Canberra in April, the Victorian town of Beechworth was announced the Overall Winner of the Keep Australia Beautiful Australian…
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New fire control centre for Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai
The brand new $4.3 million state of the art Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Fire Control Centre was recently opened in Cowan, located 40 kilometres north of Sydney’s…
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Lessons from the infrastructure splurge
The Good Oil by Rod Brown* The roof insulation saga has morphed into a wider problem for the Rudd Government now that the Building Education…
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Added versatility from newest portable skate park
Skateramps Australia has launched its latest addition to its portable skate facilities. ‘Skate Events’ provides an instant skate facility for communities, however small or remote,…
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