News
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Centre for Innovation and Excellence tackles social economic issues
Sarina Shire Council, in a joint effort with the community, a local high school and local businesses, has developed the Centre for Innovation and Excellence…
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Sustainable unit complex benefits residents and the community
Located six kilometres from Brisbane CBD, the suburb of Clayfield will soon be home to the city’s first sustainable unit complex, Viret at Clayfield. Currently…
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Liverpool helps residents reduce tap water demand
Liverpool City Council has developed a draft Community Water Conservation Strategy to assist residents to reduce their demand on tap water. This follows Liverpool’s Water…
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Third National Buying Green Conference
The 3rd National Buying Green Conference will be staged in Perth on 25 and 26 May 2006. It will be hosted by the WA Local…
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Local Shires a model for water quality campaign
Nine Local Governments in the Peel-Harvey catchment area of Western Australia are setting an example for Local Governments around Australia on how Councils can work…
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LG Professionals – the next generation
For its annual conference staged on 16 and 17 February, Victoria’s Local Government Professionals (LGPro) chose the theme ‘The Next Generation’. LGPro President, John Bennie,…
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Excellence acknowledged
At the conference dinner, awards were presented to teams and individuals in seven categories. Paul Molan and Jason Davey from Manningham City Council took out…
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A capital city perspective
Speaking at the LGPro annual conference Chief Executive Officer of the City of Melbourne, David Pitchford, spoke about Council’s collegiate approach in becoming a major…
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Historic meeting of Melbourne Metropolitan Mayors
On 22 February 2006, the City of Melbourne Lord Mayor, John So, hosted the first ever gathering of Melbourne metropolitan mayors. Twenty mayors from across…
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Mosman boosts service delivery with DataWorks Web integration*
Mosman Municipal Council is using its document management system, Avand’s DataWorks, to process and share information across core business applications, making it available for review…
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Virtual apartment to keep noise down
The popularity of inner city living has resulted in more people opting for city apartments. In an Australian first, the City of Melbourne, together with…
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Connecting communities across the Territory
The Local Government Association of the Northern Territory (LGANT) has many information technology initiatives up its sleeve to improve the online capabilities of Councils in…



