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2006 Australian Government News & Press Releases |
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30th November, 2006
Launch of Local Government Roads and Transport Strategy
Launch of Local Government Roads and Transport Strategy
By Jane Garcia in Canberra
Australian local government has created a five-part plan asking the Federal Government to build on the successful Roads to Recovery partnership on roads funding and broaden the agenda for a joint approach to the transport challenges...
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30th November, 2006
Cycleways to recovery
Cycleways to recovery
By Jane Garcia in Canberra
Councils are seeking resources to ramp up their contribution to addressing the detrimental impact of obesity on individuals and communities.
In a motion passed 67 to 61 at the National General Assembly of Local Government on Tuesday (November 28), delegates requested...
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29th November, 2006
Councils pursue closer international connections
Councils pursue closer international connections
By Jane Garcia in Canberra
Australian local government has been invited to attend two major international congresses to be held in the Asia-Pacific region next year, and has passed a motion to share its expertise in abating greenhouse gas emissions with governments...
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28th November, 2006
New fund piece for sustainability jigsaw?
New fund piece for sustainability jigsaw?
By Adam Coleman in Canberra
At the National General Assembly of Local Government in Canberra today (November 28), PriceWaterhouseCoopers, authors of a new report on the sustainability of local government, recommended establishing a new local community infrastructure...
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28th November, 2006
PwC report suggests councils need help
PwC report suggests councils need help
By Adam Coleman in Canberra
Somewhere between 10 and 30 per cent of councils have significant sustainability issues, according to preliminary findings of an ALGA -commissioned PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report, previewed at the National General Assembly of Local Government...
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28th November, 2006
Partnership needed to push the agenda
Partnership needed to push the agenda
By Adam Coleman in Canberra
While 2006 has been a landmark year for local government with momentum created from the Australian Local Government Association's (ALGA) ‘3Fs’ campaign for formal recognition, fair treatment and fair funding, local government must...
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23rd November, 2006
Intra-generational equity part of ESD equation
Intra-generational equity part of ESD equation
By Jane Garcia in Sydney
The Chief Judge of NSW’s Land and Environment Court, Justice Brian Preston, shared his views on the principles of ecologically sustainable development at a National Trust of Australia corporate breakfast meeting held in Sydney this morning...
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23rd November, 2006
Launch of SCAMwatch website
Launch of SCAMwatch website
By Graeme Samuel, chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Few responsibilities rate more highly for governments than protecting their citizens from criminal activity such as fraud.
But the proliferation of numerous scams has made this an increasingly difficult...
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21st November, 2006
New website in case of emergency
New website in case of emergency
By Adam Coleman
A new internet portal that enables the public to access emergency information across Australia in a whole-of-government initiative that will provide links to emergency management organisations in every state and territory.
The Australian Disaster Information...
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17th November, 2006
Leadership answer to smarter procurement
Leadership answer to smarter procurement
By Adam Coleman
Of government projects that fail, more than 50 per cent of those failures are ensured during the procurement process and leadership need to recognise they can and must do something about the problem.
That is the message from Gartner Research managing vice...
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