Category: Sector

Victorian councils are encouraged to showcase initiatives that help protect their communities from skin cancer by entering the 2007 SunSmart Shade Awards. SunSmart manager Kylie Strong says councils who provide shade in…

By Staff Writer Two hundred and sixty nine ‘at risk’ South-West Queensland youths aged between 15 and 17 will be given the opportunity to earn a second chance to learn under…

By Staff Writer In an Australian first, NSW Premier Morris Iemma and Opposition Leader Peter Debnam have used online video pitches to unveil their pitch for voters in next month’s…

By Staff Writer The Innisfail-based Johnstone Shire Council in far north Queensland has been dismissed by vote of the Queensland Parliament. Local Government and Planning Minister, Andrew Fraser, announced the…

By Jane Garcia The City of Whitehorse in Victoria has launched a unique campaign aimed at supporting problem gamblers, and gamblers' friends and family. Break the Habit is targeted at…

By Adam Coleman North Queensland’s Douglas Shire Council has been requested to show cause as to why it should not be dissolved, following two separate investigations finding the council to…

By Louise Sylvan One of the core responsibilities of governments and their agencies is protecting members of the public from illegal activity in all its forms. While individual agencies or…

WA Regional Development Minister, Jon Ford has called for expressions of interest for the Regional Infrastructure Funding Program (RIFP), with grants from $100,000 up to $5 million available to support…

By Adam Coleman The NSW Government has dismissed calls from the Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW (LGSA) for an independent planning commission to make recommendations on major developments,…

By Staff Writers Local Government Association of NT president Kerry Moir has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Local Government, Elliot McAdam, on the boundaries of the proposed nine…