By Adam Coleman ALICE SPRINGS, NT: The winners have been announced from the inaugural Chief Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Sector Management, which were held in Alice Springs last…
Category: Land management
Preparing for a pandemic
By Jane Garcia and Kim Powell As anyone who works in an office or catches public transport would testify, influenza is a highly contagious virus. New strains regularly emerge and…
Brisbane’s project management first
By Jane Garcia In the May edition of Government News magazine we reported on Australian Government plans to widen the use of Gateway reviews to monitor program and project management,…
Urban scrawl
Kim Powell looks at the different ways some councils have approached the problem of graffiti. Brisbane City Council The issue of graffiti in Brisbane is being tackled by the Brisbane…
Promoting holidays at home
By Jane Garcia Australians are keen to spend their holidays exploring their home country, according to a recent survey of 5000 people conducted by travel agency group Travelscene American Express….
Lesson plan for councils
By Kim Powell In his opening address at the 94th Conference of Local Government in Hobart the new Local Government Association of Tasmania (LGAT) president, Mike Gaffney, told delegates that…
Legislative changes are costly and time-consuming: LGAQ
By Rachel Borchardt in Brisbane The new legislative changes to the Queensland Local Government Act will create a costly and time-consuming exercise for councils, according to the Local Government Association…