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Productivity Commission findings
Financial sustainability for Local Government involves a tripartite effort: Albanese The Productivity Commission released its final report, ‘Assessing Local Government Revenue Raising Capacity’, on 17…
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Editorial: infrastructure on the agenda
Speaking at the recent Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) Asset Management Conference, MAV CEO, Rob Spence, referred delegates to a speech last year by Treasury…
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President’s comment
In each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Mayor Joy Baluch, President of the Local Government…
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Women in the workplace*
Celebrating 20 inspirational years Diversity and equality, leadership, salary gap, workplace culture and flexibility are themes of the 20th Women, Management and Employment Relations Conference…
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Toowoomba Australia’s tidiest town for 2008
Queensland’s town of Toowoomba was a major star at the Keep Australia Beautiful Tidy Towns Awards in April, taking out three awards, including the major…
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Simple, sustainable solution to a CORE problem
A small group in the central north of Tasmania is inspiring the Local Government and community sector to train ordinary community members to be volunteers…
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Heart Foundation rewards Local Governments for heart health initiatives*
Are you leading the way in creating healthy communities? If your answer is yes, then the Heart Foundation wants to hear from you. Entries into…
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2020 Summit – now a slow waltz?
The Good Oil * by Rod Brown We’ve just had 1,000 passionate citizens pushing their barrows at the 2020 Summit. Fantastic. It has really got…
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Safety first at the City of Palmerston
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has named Palmerston as the Northern Territory’s first International Safe Community, following its safety and injury prevention work with the…
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New sweeper chassis – Euro IV compliant, greater payload
Managing Director of Schwarze Industries Australia, Mike Webber, recently spoke to Local Government FOCUS about the latest version of the popular, Australian built range of…
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Councillor profiles
Mayor Bertrand Cadart, Glamorgan Spring Bay Council, Tasmania Q. How long have you been on Council? I was elected, last on the post, for a…
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LGANT meets in Alice Springs
Welcoming delegates to the Local Government Association of the Northern Territory (LGANT) General Meeting, hosted by Alice Springs Town Council on 17 and 18 April,…
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