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A regional approach to reduce waste to landfill in metropolitan Adelaide
Six Councils in the southern and western region of Adelaide have come together to develop a Regional Waste Management Strategy and Plan. The region comprises…
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Local leisure membership promotes good health for staff
Over the past decade, staff at Port Stephens Council in New South Wales have been keeping fit and healthy thanks to a Workers Health Initiative.…
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Online program improves induction process
Together with human resource consultants, Chandler Macleod, Mackay City Council has developed and successfully trialled a working model of an online induction program for the…
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Managing new directions
In Public Works Engineering, we often see reference to ‘change’ and ‘new directions’ in conference themes, but it is not always clear why. The Public…
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Futuristic’ new version next from Aurion*
At its inaugural User Conference on Queensland’s Gold Coast last October, Brisbane based Human Resource Management provider, Aurion, previewed upcoming changes and enhancements to its…
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Project Connect boosts women’s leadership role figures
South Australia’s City of Salisbury has seen an 11 per cent increase in the number of women in leadership positions since 2003 as a result…
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New Technical College for Bendigo
The Greater Bendigo City Council has agreed to sell a central site for the establishment of a Federal Government backed Australian Technical College. Mayor of…
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Future Directions in Occupational Health and Safety
Future Directions is a regular feature. This month we interviewed Max Roberts, Risk and Safety Management Officer, Huon Valley Council, Tasmania. “A positive safety culture…
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Local students assist Council with OH&S solutions
During WorkSafe week 2005, Ballarat City Council hosted a Mindshop Excellence Program, involving six year ten students from Ballarat Grammar. Mindshop is a five day…
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Innovative scholarship program assists Councils to address planning skill shortage
A survey commissioned last year by the New South Wales Department of Local Government found that planning was the greatest area of skills shortage among…
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People before technology
When Goulburn Mulwaree Council began updating its technology systems in 2005, it made an important decision to concentrate on the contributions that staff could make…
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Councils enforce Essential Fire Safety Measures compliance*
Essential Fire Safety Measures are any measures, including items of equipment, forms of construction or fire safety strategies that are implemented in a building to…
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