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Public sector fraud cost Commonwealth $42m
Fraud by public sector employees and contractors cost the Commonwealth more than $42 million in just one year.
Time to rethink social housing policy: expert
Are policies designed shorten social housing waiting lists contributing to the backlog?
Call for action on sustainable homes
Governments need to tap into public desire for sustainable homes, a report says.
AI tool detects street sign faults
A new tool using Google maps has been developed to help improve street sign maintenance.
Commissioner appointed at second WA council
A roundup of appointments, departures and movement within government.
Council wins award for dementia initiatives
Tasmania's Central Coast Council has been lauded for its dementia framework.
Newcastle set to begin trial of driverless bus
Driverless transport is coming to Newcastle, with tests set to begin on an automated shuttle bus.
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Local councils vote for a referendum
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Local governments need to use the power of collaboration platforms and the open source community to make inter-council and department conversations part of the broader innovation culture.
The smart mobility market in the APAC region is set to grow significantly, and tools like AI, analytics and IoT will be at the heart of intelligent public transport management systems, smart junction management and many other offerings that will likely become standard in the near future.
Community-led events that showcase the personality and culture of a place are the ideal platform for encouraging locally driven visitation.
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Loss of local media is bad news
A marked decline in local news means councils are losing an opportunity to engage with their communities.
Migrants trapped in ‘slave-like’ conditions at Aussie farms
A special investigation into worker exploitation in Australia's fruit-picking sector.
Report rings alarm bells on local government workforce
A national survey of the local government workforce has put a spotlight on a rapidly ageing workforce grappling with a “critical” skills shortage.
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Queensland town crippled by its own success
Noosa is being loved to death by tourists, and residents have had enough.
Urban forests: Melbourne’s plan to green the city
Melbourne is planning to unleash a sea of green across Australia's second-largest city.
Tamworth in energy-cutting smart city trial
Tamworth Council will head up Australia’s first fully integrated IoT smart city trial.
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Sustainable solutions for sports grounds
Councils are exploring new, smarter ways of managing their parks and sports grounds.
50 years of surface solutions
Synthetic sports surface specialist Polytan will showcase its most cutting edge technology at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Talking turf with an industry leader
Paul Kamphuis, General Manager of Polytan Asia Pacific, outlines some innovations in synthetic turf, and why councils should be taking notice.
Standards for data sharing in sight
Data sharing across agencies is a growing trend in Australian government, but even anonymised data can often be re-identified. A new Australian initiative aims to solve the problem.
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