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Technology Improves Frontline Services
The City of Stirling is continually striving to develop and enhance its services for the benefit of both the staff and the wider community. One…
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Climate change: experts say it’s not too late to act
In opening the 14th Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia (IPWEA) International Conference, CEO of the Australian Conservation Foundation, Don Henry, said the dangers of…
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Editorial: Constitutional recognition on the agenda
With Federal Labor confirming that if a Rudd Government is elected, during its first term it will consult with Councils over Constitutional recognition of Local…
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President’s comment
In each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Councillor Beth Davidson, President of the Victorian Local…
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NT remote communities under siege
The Local Government Association of Northern Territory (LGANT) President Alderman Kerry Moir said that she was concerned but not surprised at an article in the…
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Campbelltown’s youth programs – the best in the business
Campbelltown City Council has taken out top honours at the 2007 Local Government Youth Week Awards. Held as part of Local Government Week and hosted…
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Sustainable housing wins international award
Latrobe City Council has been internationally recognised for its innovative sustainable housing project, ‘Our Future, Our Place’. The project won an International City/County Management Association…
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Tasmania – where economics and politics come together
The Good Oil * by Rod Brown Professor Rufus Davis was the Foundation Professor of Politics at Monash University. In the late 1960s he merged…
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Ongoing reform in SA
The Local Government Association of South Australia (LGASA) has publicly launched the Strengthening Local Government program, which was endorsed at its General Meeting in April.…
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Councillor Profiles
Mayor Barry Easther, West Tamar Council, Tas Q. How long have you been on Council? I have been a Councillor since March 1983 and was…
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Queensland conference celebrates the entensive achievements of Local Government
In the shadow of amalgamations that will see Councils reduced from 156 to 72 and the number of elected members more than halved, some 1,000…
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Garden awards recognise efficient water users
With the winners of the 2006 Australian Local Government Flower Garden Awards announced earlier this year, judges said drought conditions across most of Australia resulted…
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