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What is a comfortable office temperature?
By Bruce Rowse* Many Local Governments have set ambitious corporate greenhouse gas reduction targets as part of their climate change program, yet are a long…
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NSW community to guide climate change response
With climate change now firmly on the agenda of all levels of government, the critical questions are how should we prepare for its impacts and…
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Bendigo commits to improved customer service
Victoria’s City of Greater Bendigo has launched a new Customer Service Charter that details the City’s commitment to improving its services and the way in…
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Booklet outlines City role
A City of Gosnells publication giving the community a chance to find out how their City works and where Local Government fits into the Australian…
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Switch your thinking!
Western Australia’s Cities of Armadale and Gosnells and the Serpentine Jarrahdale Shire are working together as the South East Regional Energy Group (SEREG) to develop…
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Ipswich maintains service delivery edge
Queensland’s Ipswich City Council has worked with the Queensland Partnership Group (QPG) to develop a strategy that will greatly improve customer service across Council’s rates…
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Onkaparinga supports women in the workplace
South Australia’s City of Onkaparinga has been recognised nationally for its culture of championing opportunities for its female employees. In September, Council was announced as…
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Measuring carbon and waste
Moreton Bay Regional Council is going green this Christmas, measuring carbon outputs and implementing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Public Place Recycling program to reduce…
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SA delivers some good news amid financial turmoil
South Australia’s Local Government Finance Authority (LGFA) has defied the current uncertainty in global financial markets, delivering a profit of $5.2 million – its second…
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Rate pegging under review in NSW
New South Wales Premier, Nathan Rees, told delegates at the Local Government Association Annual Conference staged in Broken Hill from 25 to 29 October that…
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Editorial: global financial crisis effects climate change policies
In March this year, an Australian National University (ANU) poll found that respondents ranked the environment first, followed by the economy, when asked what were…
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President’s comment
In each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association president. The following is from Alderman Kerry Moir, President of the Local Government…
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