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Improving community engagement
South Australian Councils are looking to an international framework to help improve community engagement. South Australia’s Local Government Association (LGASA), with assistance from the State…
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Entries open for IPWEAQ excellence awards
The Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia Queensland Division (IPWEAQ) is calling on Queensland Councils to submit their projects to the 2008 Excellence Awards. Held…
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Asset management conference in Melbourne
The 2008 Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) National Local Government Asset Management Conference added two new streams – drainage and water sensitive urban design; and…
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Free Austroads guides*
Austroads produces a number of quality guides and research reports, which assist road agencies in the planning, design, construction, maintenance and operation of their road…
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Green fuel trial aims to reduce emissions for Gold Coast City fleet*
Neumann Petroleum, Australia’s largest independent fuel company, is supplying clean burning biodiesel for a Gold Coast City Council trial – which aims to reduce vehicle…
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Australian coastal and tidal councils: IPWEA national conference on climate change response
The expected rate of sea level rise will have a significant impact on the infrastructure of Australian coastal councils and this will present all sorts…
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NT restructure taking shape
The Northern Territory’s current 62 Municipal and Community Government Councils will be reduced to 16 on 1 July. Eight of these are new ‘super’ Shires,…
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Executive master class
The UK Experience by Malcolm Morley* I have been invited to provide a master class by a university working in partnership with Local Government. In…
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NT intervention update
Speaking at the Local Government Association of the Northern Territory’s recent General Meeting in Alice Springs, the Operational Commander for the Emergency Response in the…
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City of Stirling CEO on work experience
Since January, City of Stirling CEO, Stuart Jardine, has been working in one of Council’s 149 services for one morning a month to gain a…
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National Local Government Shared Services Conference
The new imperative for Local Government The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) is hosting the National Local Government Shared Services Conference, part of its Future…
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Innovative community consultation
The City of Burnside is one of five South Australian Councils developing an innovative tool that allows residents to participate in the Council decision making…
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