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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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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)…