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In a move that will help cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent, Coffs Harbour City Council will source only renewable energy for…

Over the past few years, one of the biggest issues facing communities in Perth’s southeast region has been youth unemployment. This year, the Cities of…

Councillor Magdi Mikhail, Sutherland Shire Council, New South Wales Q. How long have you been on Council? I was elected to Council in March 2004.…

More than 70 delegates from over 30 Councils met in Alice Springs on 18–19 April for the General Meeting of Local Government Association of the…

In March, President of the Local Government Association of Tasmania (LGAT), Mayor Mike Gaffney, released a new report into the financial sustainability of Tasmanian Councils.…

Councils in regional New South Wales are facing the loss of millions of dollars in rate revenue, with State legislation separating land and water for…

With more than 1,100 Councillors, Queensland’s 125 local Councils and 32 Indigenous Councils are to undergo their first sweeping reform in more than a century.…

More than 7,000 people turned out for Thuringowa City Council’s Better Earth Expo staged at its Riverway precinct in March. As the region’s biggest ever…

The UK Experience by Malcolm Morley* UK Local Government is complex, particularly where there are Parish or Town Councils, District or Borough Councils and County…

Located on the Upper Spencer Gulf in South Australia, Whyalla Council is fighting a new $105 annual levy on the City’s ratepayers, which it believes…