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Community harmony guide for Local Government*
www.stepone.org.au Community cohesion in multicultural settings is a very significant and growing area and councils are increasingly being expected to provide a leading role in…
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Innovation abounds at Ku-ring-gai
Stretching from Roseville to Wahroonga on Sydney’s upper North Shore, Ku-ring-gai is one of the most populated Local Government areas in New South Wales, with…
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ALGWA: future looking brighter, but more to be done
Australian Local Government Women’s Association (ALGWA) National President, Kaele Way, said that while the recent Queensland elections saw females winning 34 per cent of Councillor…
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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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