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2007 Australian Government News & Press Releases |
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18th March, 2007
Easing back into work
Easing back into work
By Staff Writer
A new project will help alleviate ageing workforce issues by creating a path for older people into the health and care areas of local government. Dr Libby Brooke, from Swinburne University's Business, Work and Ageing Centre for Research, has recently been granted a VicHealth...
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16th March, 2007
Unique IT system aims to improve child safety
Unique IT system aims to improve child safety
By Adam Coleman
At risk children in Queensland will be better protected with the launch of a new multi-million dollar Integrated Client Management System (ICMS) at the Department of Child Safety.
Heralded by the department as a world-first, the new system went...
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15th March, 2007
Plan for renewed energy
Plan for renewed energy
By Jane Garcia
Knox City Council in Victoria aims to employ a revolving energy fund as part of a strategy to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent by 2010. To achieve this vision, the council must reduce emissions from its buildings, fleet, streetlights and waste disposal by...
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15th March, 2007
Action required to address project manager shortage
Action required to address project manager shortage
By Staff Writer
Immediate action is needed to respond to the project management skills-shortage and organisations must be prepared to make the investment to cultivate project manager capability for the long term, says a leading project management consultant.
Michael...
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9th March, 2007
Genia McCaffery joins Climate Change Coalition
Genia McCaffery joins Climate Change Coalition
By Staff Writer
The president of the NSW Local Government Association and mayor of North Sydney, Genia McCaffery, has joined the Climate Change Coalition team for the upcoming State Election. The coalition brings together independent candidates aiming to address...
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9th March, 2007
Douglas Shire Council gets reprieve on sacking
Douglas Shire Council gets reprieve on sacking
By Adam Coleman
North Queensland's Douglas Shire Council has received a reprieve after ‘showing cause’ as to why it should not be dissolved, but it still has to prove it is on the road to recovery.
Local Government and Planning Minister, Andrew Fraser,...
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8th March, 2007
Sydney cost of living double Brisbane and Adelaide report says
Sydney cost of living double Brisbane and Adelaide report says
By Adam Coleman
A new report from the University of Queensland has compared the cost of living in Australia’s capital cities and found Adelaide and Brisbane cheaper to live in than Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
“This report will throw...
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7th March, 2007
Picking up pieces of litter strategy
Picking up pieces of litter strategy
By Staff Writer
The Victorian Government is asking for community feedback on ideas about how it can develop and implement an improved litter strategy to reduce and prevent litter in the state. Public consultation will be open until 4.00 pm on Friday April 13, 2007.
A number...
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5th March, 2007
Australia ranks nineteenth in international competitiveness report
Australia ranks nineteenth in international competitiveness report
By Adam Coleman
Australia has been ranked ninteenth in an international report on global competitiveness behind Switzerland, Finland and Sweden, which topped the list followed by Denmark, Singapore and the United States.
The Global Competitiveness...
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1st March, 2007
Bowler latest WA minister to resign
Bowler latest WA minister to resign
By Staff Writer
John Bowler has resigned from his position as WA Minister for Local Government, Racing and Gaming and from the State Parliamentary Labor Party. He is the fourth minister asked to resign in nine months.
Premier Alan Carpenter said in a statement that there...
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