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Improving the energy efficiency of Australia’s office buildings
The Australian Government will introduce new laws from mid 2010 making it mandatory for office building owners to disclose their energy efficiency information. Local Governments…
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Shoalhaven works towards a greener future
Shoalhaven City Council was successful in gaining Federal funding covering part of the cost of the installation of a grid interactive solar system on the…
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Port Hedland young leaders gain lifelong leadership skills
Young people from the Town of Port Hedland in Western Australia have contributed substantially to the community and gained lifelong leadership skills through Council’s first…
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Adelaide to host 2010 LGMA National Congress
The Local Government landscape over the past 12 months has experienced unprecedented challenges and change. The global financial crisis, extreme consequences of climate change, structural…
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Bayside cleans up beaches and reduces carbon footprint
Located just south of Melbourne’s CBD, Bayside City Council stretches more than 17 kilometres across the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay. Bayside’s seaweed is an…
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National waste and resource agreement
Australia’s Federal State and Territory environment ministers have agreed to a new national policy on waste and resource management, following the biannual meeting of the…
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Campbelltown hosts carbon neutral event
Campbelltown City Council in the Macarthur region of New South Wales recently hosted its first ever entirely sustainable event. ‘Fisher’s Gig’ is the Macarthur region’s…
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Green initiative to create Sustainable Suburbs
Moonee Valley City Council is calling on its residents to step up and take the Sustainable Suburbs challenge to help reduce its environmental footprint. Sustainable…
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Journey to Constitutional recognition steams ahead
The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) has welcomed comments by the Federal Government that it is currently considering four referendum questions, including one dealing with…
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Is there a silver lining?
Temperatures plummeted to minus 18 degrees Celsius in Scotland and many places in England had prolonged sub zero temperatures with six to ten inches of…
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Workforce planning strategy a key priority at Whitehorse
Similar to councils around the nation, the City of Whitehorse understands the importance of recruitment and staff retention to its day to day operations and…
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A council is only as good as its people
In today’s world it is important for all municipalities to have a culture that fosters continuous improvement. For a council to meet the expectations of…
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