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Public amenities
Poor bladder and bowel control is a significant health condition that has physical, social and economic implications for women and men of all ages as…
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Building better regions
The Government is providing $176 million over four years for a range of regional infrastructure election commitments which have been identified by local communities as…
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Office of Northern Australia to assist economic development and growth
The Australian Government has established an Office of Northern Australia (ONA) within the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government with funding of…
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COAG: working in partnership with Local Government
The Government has established new working groups under the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) arrangements which will see greater cooperation between jurisdictions and Local Government…
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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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