This month
Mayors, Chief Executive Officers, and representatives from eight councils in the Greater South East Melbourne area met last month (10 December) to discuss their priorities for improving the economic, social, health and environmental wellbeing of each represented community.
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Moreton Bay Regional Council, Queensland, is rising to the challenge of climate change by implementing a range of initiatives targeted at environmental resilience and sustainability.
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City of South Perth, Western Australia, has given approval for a proposed Recreation Aquatic Facility (RAF) project to progress to the next stage.
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Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) will celebrate the move to its new $50 million home later this month, with FRESH: GV Top Art & Design 2021, an exhibition that will also celebrate the creativity and quality of artistic talent of young artists throughout the North Central Victorian region in the first half of 2021.
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The Norwood – Magill Bikeway connecting Magill in the east, with Adelaide’s central business district, will improve cyclist safety and build higher levels of cycling participation as an environmentally friendly, healthy alternative to vehicle travel, according to Norwood Payneham and St Peters Council,
South Australia.
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Mayor of the Dubbo Region, Ben Shields has welcomed $2.368 million from the Australian and New South Wales governments to upgrade the Old Dubbo Road.
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More than 80 percent of local businesses In City of Armadale, Western Australia, want to support other local businesses.
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In the last 10 years, the median rent in Blayney Shire, New South Wales, has risen from $118 in 2009 to well over $330 in 2020.
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The innovative erosion control mat that’s good for farmer, the land and the waterways!
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Quick thinking, state-of-the-art technology and teamwork spared a key South Australian local road from a serious closure and weeks of costly roadworks.
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris is the world’s key policy think tank, and Australian economists, trade experts, education specialists, health statisticians etc. are scattered throughout the organisation.
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What do a second-hand clothing store, road re-resurfacing and a geothermal pool heating system have in common?
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Last year certainly had its challenges but it was also a most rewarding year for Georges River Council, New South Wales, finishing with three sustainability recognitions.
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From waste reduction and recycling targets to roads and infrastructure funding, Alex Fraser’s PolyPave ticks all the boxes for local government.
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Burnie City Council, Tasmania, faced many challenges in 2020, some navigable, some unsurmountable.
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Ipswich City Council, Queensland, has adopted a new strategic and operational approach to managing and influencing systemic changes across waste, resource recovery and the circular economy.
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City of Palmerston has installed two state of the art library book vending machines, a first for the Northern Territory.
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Town of Victoria Park, Western Australia, has adopted a Community Charter in a new approach to working with its community.
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It was a proud day for Gladstone Regional Council, Queensland, on 16 October last year, when the organisation won an award at the Asset Management Council’s Asset Management Excellence Awards.
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Australia is currently experiencing the largest ever construction build of infrastructure in many states across the country.
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Sunshine Coast Council, Queensland, has unveiled a new multi-sport playing field, 113 extra car parks and lighting as part of the $2.7 million upgrade of Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex.
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Latrobe City Council, Victoria, is continuing to help residents and businesses recover from the social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rangers from Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia, were on hand last month at the Newman Airport to mitigate a potential danger caused by a rare animal visitor.
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When Campbelltown City Council, New South Wales, received a grant to expand its kitchen caddy food recycling system to an additional 18,000 residents in July 2020, it wanted a different way to engage with the community and deliver the baskets.
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A circular economy is a system that allows the added value in products to be kept for as long as possible and in which waste is eliminated.
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A happy group of North Queensland locals is loving Active8 Free Fitness Tai Chi classes at Rex Smeal Park, Douglas Shire.
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The world-leading project that uses waste water to irrigate Fraser Coast, Queensland, hardwood plantations, rather than ending up in the ocean, is about to grow by up to 30,000 trees.
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Hunter’s Hill Council, New South Wales, has entered an innovative partnership with Macquarie University and Touched by Olivia, a charity that connects with families through play, creating its Livvi’s Place national network of inclusive play spaces.
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A report commissioned by Muswellbrook Shire Council recognising the importance of preparing for economic diversification in response to restructuring in coal and power generation, received the prestigious President’s Award at the 2020 Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) New South Wales Awards for Planning Excellence.
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A new initiative ‘Zero Waste Leura’ was launched in November at the village of Leura, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, to mark the start of a year-long partnership project that aims to achieve zero food waste in Leura and beyond.
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Attention road-makers – the time for change is here.
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Snowy Monaro Regional Council, New South Wales, Community Connections Groups celebrated the holiday season with a final ‘surprising’ community project to bring a tough year to its close.
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Construction on the new jetty at Esperance, Western Australia, has recently reached a significant milestone, with the completion the first (bent 39) of six bents that make up the third, and final, section of the jetty.
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Representatives from eight Councils in Melbourne’s southeast met at Frankston Arts Centre.
Moreton Bay Regional Council plans to embrace renewable technology and innovation to reboot the economy.
A strong community desire for an aquatic centre is driving City of South Perth to build a world class facility.
Exhibiting in Shepparton Art Museum’s 2016 VCE show, gave Abram Rasmussen the confidence to pursue a career in the Arts.
Sharrows painted in the centre of the lanes indicate the safest area for cyclists.
