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Australian Sustainable Cities awards finalists announced
Keep Australia Beautiful has announced the finalists for the inaugural Australian Sustainable Cities Awards 2007. The Sustainable Cities program is part of the Keep Australia…
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‘SkillsMatch’ – ICT skills monitoring system*
ITCRA’s groundbreaking work in establishing the National ICT Skills Monitoring System – SkillsMatch has resulted, for the first time in governments now having access to real time…
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Addressing the skills shortage
A national committee comprising representatives across the peak Local Government professional groups has developed a sector wide strategy to help Councils deal with the impact…
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Qld plebiscites to move ahead
In September, Federal Parliament passed legislation to override Queensland laws on Council referendums, ensuring residents can have their say on proposed amalgamations. Passage of the…
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New NT boundaries confirmed
The Local Government boundaries for the nine new Northern Territory Shire Councils and four Municipal Councils have been announced and will come into effect on…
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More time for extra security measures at regional airports
According to the Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA), prosperity of two of this State’s most critical industries – mining resources and tourism – had…
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Mount Gambier encourages ‘safe parties’
During September, the City of Mount Gambier Youth Advisory Committee delivered the Red Cross SAVE A MATE program to local high schools and area schools.…
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Leichhardt supports East Timor
Representatives from Leichhardt Municipal Council in Sydney recently travelled to East Timor to observe the historic parliamentary elections. The representatives, who are members of Leichhardt’s…
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Overseas campaign to recruit Council staff
Continuing skills shortages in Councils has the Western Australia Local Government Association (WALGA) again heading overseas to recruit staff. In September, a team from WALGA’s…
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Councils can’t get no satisfaction
The UK Experience by Malcolm Morley* One of the biggest challenges I faced in working with private sector organisations as a management consultant was to…
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Wide Bay Water tackles southeast Queensland’s water crisis
Water management authority Wide Bay Water Corporation recently opened an office in Brisbane to help tackle southeast Queensland’s water crisis. Located in Springwood, Logan City,…
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Fuzzy logic enhances Kogarah’s underground stormwater assets
Located in the southern suburbs of Sydney, Kogarah Council is the first Local Government in Australia to introduce ‘fuzzy logic’ modelling into its Stormwater Drainage…
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