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Rockhampton’s annual road condition testing assists with maintenance task
Rockhampton’s annual road condition testing assists with maintenance task Rockhampton Regional Council is continuing to condition survey the region’s 1,492 kilometres of sealed streets and…
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Cost effective road maintenance using local crews*
Cost effective road maintenance using local crews* Councils are making roads safer, saving money and protecting local jobs with a new contracting arrangement that enables…
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Tourism levy for Sunshine Coast
Located in southeast Queensland, Sunshine Coast Council has moved to safeguard the region’s financial future through the introduction of a tourism and economic development levy…
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MacDonald Johnston purchases Hook Lift and Skip Bin business*
MacDonald Johnston purchases Hook Lift and Skip Bin business* MacDonald Johnston is pleased to announce the purchase of the HaulMaster brand of Hook Lift and…
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Culvert problems solved by Uretek
by Tom Bailey* Road pavements quite often develop problems with depressions forming in the road surface either side of where culverts go under the roadway.…
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Rich functionality designed specifically for the public sector*
Rich functionality designed specifically for the public sector* Infor knows the public sector market well, with over 2,000 municipalities and government agencies using its products…
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Building a partnership based on respect
Federal Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Anthony Albanese, told delegates at the 15th National General Assembly of Local Government that governments…
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Taking our place on the national stage
Taking our place on the national stage President of the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) Councillor Geoff Lake welcomed some 700 delegates to the National…
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Councils’ vital role along the road to recovery
Councils’ vital role along the road to recovery Leader of the Opposition, Malcolm Turnbull, said that for all three spheres of government the motivation and…
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Constitutional recognition update
Constitutional recognition update “A key priority for Local Government is Constitutional recognition for Local Government,” said ALGA President Geoff Lake. “Such recognition would deliver pragmatic…
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Infrastructure spending financed by debt
Infrastructure spending financed by debt Leader of the National Party, Warren Truss, warned that while the Government’s infrastructure spending programs have boosted councils’ cash flow…
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Putting Local Government before the big polluters
Putting Local Government before the big polluters In his address to the assembly, Leader of the Australian Greens, Senator Bob Brown, said councils must be…
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