News
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UNE Partnership’s frontline management trainee named Regional Trainee of the Year
Melanie Dowell of BEST Employment in Inverell is the winner of the Regional Trainee of the Year Award for the New England northwest region of…
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Certified training boosts careers
Queensland’s Dalby Town Council will improve its services over the next five years through an extensive staff training program.Council aims to deliver exceptional levels of…
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AEC Systems training for Council staff *
With offices in South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, AEC Systems is Australia’s largest Autodesk Authorised reseller. This enables Council…
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Citizen to Councillor seminars assist perspective candidates
People in Victoria’s north east considering running for Council elections later this year, and uncertain about what is required or how to go about it,…
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Future directions in training and development
An interview with Jacqui Leach, Human Resources Service Unit Partner at Blue Mountains City Council, NSW. With five years of Human Resources experience at Blue…
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Kit prepares Councils for terrorism
The release of a Counter Terrorism Risk Management Kit late last year has prepared Queensland Councils to play key roles in managing the consequences of…
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Scholarships provide vital skills for Indigenous youth
The West Australian Department of Local Government and Regional Development is providing vital skills to Indigenous youth through its Young Indigenous Local Government Scholarship program.…
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Keeping Councils up to code
Dubbo City Council, located in central New South Wales, recently ran Council wide education and awareness programs to raise the understanding of responsibilities under the…
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Tailored training *
Provision of training, or more specifically, the lack thereof, is currently often cited as the cause for skill shortages or the main reason for staff’s…
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APS Benefits – 100 years of family support
After starting as a funeral fund for Melbourne postal workers in 1905, membership of APS Benefits today offers a range of financial services and is…
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Addressing skills shortage LG national conference
LG national conference 23–25 November, Sydney With skill shortages a problem for all Councils, the 2005 Local Government National Human Resources Conference is a great…
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Training video assists Meals volunteers
The Hume Region Food Services Group has joined with the Victorian Department of Human Services to create what they believe to be the first ever…



