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Record crowds expected for environmental gathering
Australia’s leading environment and sustainability conference, Enviro 08, is expecting record crowds this year. To take place in Melbourne from 5 to 7 May, the…
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Barossa Council invests in local youth
Located 60 kilometres north east of Adelaide, Barossa Council is investing heavily in its youth. Council is providing an opportunity for young people to experience…
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Regional investment hubs in NSW
The Good Oil * by Rod Brown Back in November, we began describing hubs that could comprise a pan-Australia development framework to spark local and…
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Bridgetown-Greenbushes wins road safety award
Western Australia’s Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes recently received the Local Government Road Safety Award at the third International Road Safety Conference staged in Perth. With this…
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Interactive program educates young people on the environment
With the issue of protecting the natural environment at the forefront of concern for Federal, State and Local Governments alike, Kogarah Council in New South…
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Councillor conduct reforms to improve governance
The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) has welcomed the release of a discussion paper by the Minister for Local Government, Richard Wynne, detailing a range…
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Ingham revitalisation project sets precedent for Qld
The ‘Our Town, Our Future’ strategy for Ingham was the most awarded revitalisation project in Queensland in 2007, after receiving a total of six State…
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Douglas Shire Council leads the way
With a population of just 11,000 people, fields of lush sugar cane and borders with the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree rainforest, Douglas Shire is…
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Two wheels are better than four
It is certainly a case of two wheeled transport being better than a fuel guzzling Council car for Bertrand Cadart, the French expatriate Mayor of…
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A green Christmas in Sydney
For the first time ever, the City of Sydney celebrated last Christmas with green powered Christmas lights. The energy taken to light the City of…
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What are your assets doing tomorrow?*
Maintaining an inventory of assets and their condition, defining optimal replacement strategies and meeting statutory reporting requirements are all objectives the Asset Manager must achieve.…
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Young Leader award for Council horticulturalist
Whitehorse City Council’s Horticultural and Landscape Services Coordinator, Steve Day, has been named Victorian Young Leader for 2008 by the Nursery and Garden Industry Australia…
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