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Nest egg for the future
Crows Nest Shire Council in south east Queensland has captured the imagination of the community with an innovative, holistic natural resource management (NRM) project that…
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Capturing value
The UK Experience by Malcolm Morley* Many Council areas are suffering from an acute shortage of affordable housing for their local residents. This is being…
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Melbourne certainly put on a great show
Melbourne’s recent hosting on the 18th Commonwealth Games was overwhelmingly endorsed as a huge success by visitors and locals alike. The crowd reception and support…
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A formula for building bridges
Maintaining ageing assets with limited funding is not a new problem for Councils. However, the removal of non feasance and the introduction of a new…
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Community engagement critical
Transport experts attending the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) Transporting Communities into 2030 Conference gave a healthy report card to the Melbourne 2030 policy framework…
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Future Directions in Engineering and Technical Services
Future Directions is a regular feature. This month we interviewed Brendan Dowd, Director Technical Services Darwin City Council, Northern Territory. Brendan Dowd’s Local Government career…
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Getting serious about stormwater
By Peter Diprose* In the early 1900s Helen Keller, rendered deaf and blind at an early age, wrote, “Science may have found a cure for…
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Staff input improves new maintenance truck
The City of Stirling’s Engineering Operations’ maintenance truck is used to carry out road maintenance and repair of the City’s infrastructure. When the truck was…
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Bland Shire on the road to effective asset management
Bland Shire Council’s Asset Management Policy and associated Road Hierarchy and Service Levels were adopted by Council in March. They are the crucial first steps…
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Charles Sturt funding road renewal backlog
The funding backlog is a national issue as Councils struggle with limited finances to meet works costs and manage risks. In 2002, South Australia’s City…
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Taking a statewide approach to the Infrastructure Asset Renewal Gap
By Peter Drummy* An exciting new initiative to assist Councils to more accurately determine their asset management funding requirements has been introduced by the Municipal…
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Volvo G900 graders at the cutting edge*
Volvo has introduced a three model G900 motor grader range, engineered from the ground up by Volvo with help from industry experts – its customers.…
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