Cultivating mindfulness and leadership
Cardinia Shire Council, Victoria, introduced a monthly mindfulness program into its Operations business unit, in February this year.
Waste campaign success
China’s ban in early 2018, on recyclable materials from Australia, prompted the City of Gosnells, Western Australia, like many local governments, to act quickly to educate and engage residents about what this meant for the local and wider community.
From rubbish bin to dinner plate
This Christmas, your festive crayfish meal may be caught in a craypot made from recycled rubbish bin lids, thanks to an innovative collaboration between the City of Cockburn, Western Australia, and local business Green Machines Lab (GML).
Improvements since amalgamation
Inner West Council, New South Wales, has completed an 18 month review of its operational service areas, including resource recovery, civil works, parks and streetscapes teams.
Better service online
Expectations were high in May 2019 when Boroondara Council, Victoria, launched its new online pet registration form.
Driving reconciliation for 20 years
Guraki Aboriginal Advisory Committee, City of Newcastle, New South Wales, has celebrated two decades of strengthening relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Novocastrians.
Outgoing Chair of Regional Capitals Australia welcomes priority status call
The outgoing Chair of Regional Capitals Australia (RCA), Councillor Samantha McIntosh of the City of Ballarat, has welcomed the call from the Business Council of Australia for 10 regional cities across the country to be given special ‘priority status’.
Parking permits go digital
In a first for local government in New South Wales, Mosman Council has updated its parking permit system to online system vPermit, and all parking permits issued by Council are now digital.
Which Bin? competition targets cleaner waste
Moree Plains Shire Council, New South Wales, is targeting waste contamination with their new Which Bin? competition encouraging local residents to correctly dispose of recycling and organic waste.
Kimba takes home two National Grey Nomad awards
District Council of Kimba, South Australia, has won two titles at the inaugural Grey Nomad Awards announced at a gala dinner on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast last month.
Adelaide amongst world’s top 21 smart cities again
Adelaide has been recognised by global think tank The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) as one of the world’s top smart cities for the third year running.