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Community safety audits
Darebin’s Community Safety Audits aim to improve the physical environment. Council believes encouraging more people to walk in local streets and parks can have wide…
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Preston and Northcote structure planning
Darebin is currently involved in long range Structure Planning for its two largest traditional shopping areas: Northcote and Preston. The process is built on extensive…
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Redevelopment of All Nations Park
All Nations Park began urban life as a brick pit on the edge of a workers’ suburb, five kilometres from the heart of Melbourne, in…
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Darebin community building demonstration project
In 2002, Darebin was one of three metropolitan Councils selected to take part in a three year State Government project to ‘build community’ by involving…
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New international sports centre
Through lateral thinking and collaboration, Darebin has secured funding to build one of Melbourne’s most prominent sporting precincts, the Darebin International Sports Centre (DISC), which…
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Infrastructure, services, lifestyle LG engineers meeting the challenges
LG engineers meeting the challenges Over 500 engineering professionals from Councils across Australia attended the 2005 International Public Works conference staged in Adelaide from 21–25…
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Editorial – The growing skills shortage
We are all well aware that with the increasing retirement of baby boomers not only are we faced with an ageing community but a shrinking…
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President’s comment
In each edition we feature the views of a Local Government Association President. The following is from Councillor Warren Maloney, President of the Victorian Local…
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Striving for just communities
The Local Government Community Services Association of Australia National Conference, Just Communities, will be held on the 25–28 of October 2005 at Hilton on the…
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Celebrating the arts in the Outback
The Shire of Cue in Western Australia has celebrated recent success in promoting its heritage and encouraging involvement in the arts through Qfest, its annual…
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Relocating history in Launceston
Launceston City Council has transformed an old railway site into the new location for its Community History Centre. Opened in July, the centre houses 1,800…
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Greater work participation for Indigenous Australians
The 2005 National Reconciliation Forum will be staged in Kalgoorlie from 25–27 October. Following the very successful inaugural forum in 2004, this year’s forum will…
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