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IBIS system helps share the rate burden
Irrespective of size, location and resources, all share the problem of how to allocate the rate burden across their rate base to effectively meet Council’s…
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Engineer training enhances Melbourne as employer of choice
Engineers at the City of Melbourne can now work to become chartered engineers by undertaking a new training program. Lord Mayor John So said Council…
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New CEO for LGMA
John Ravlic has been appointed the new CEO of Local Government Managers Australia’s national office and will commence duties on 14 December 2005. John is…
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Kiama leads the way in sustainable development in New South Wales
Kiama Municipal Council is leading the way in sustainable development in New South Wales. Council was a finalist in the Environment and Heritage category at…
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Extending the value of spatial data
Shrinking budgets and increasing community demands for higher services levels with fewer people and resources is impacting on all governments. Keeping up with infrastructure demands,…
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Innovative development application technology receives industry recognition
Pittwater Council in New South Wales has been recognised by the State’s peak professional body, the Planning Institute of NSW, for its electronic assessment process.…
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Trust sustains rural business
You do all this environmental work on the farm but how do you know it really makes a dent? This was one of the burning…
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Renewable energy generation from landfill gas in Darwin
In September, Darwin City Council commissioned Northern Territory’s first methane gas power plant at the Shoal Bay Waste Disposal Deposit site. The Darwin Renewable Energy…
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Improved sewage treatment benefits Redlands waterways
The health of Redland’s waterways is expected to improve significantly following a $17 million investment into the Capalaba, Thorneside and Victoria Point Wastewater Treatment Plants…
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New South Wales Councils save buckets of water per day
Forty-one Councils across Sydney, the Illawarra and Blue Mountains have joined Sydney Water’s Every Drop Counts (EDC) Business Program to identify and achieve substantial water…
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Water issues
The action and lead taken by Federal Minister, Peter McGauran, in advocating more money for infrastructure upgrades as apposed to water ‘buy backs’ is also…
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New Victorian sustainability accord outlines environment principles and actions
The Victorian Local Sustainability Accord was launched on 7 November by Environment Minister, John Thwaites, and its cosignatories including the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV)…

