The International Council on Archives has elected Australia’s very own top record keeper David Fricker as its President for the next four years, drawing upon his deep experience in making public sector information managers more digitally savvy.
15 April, 2014
Flood damage to public infrastructure can easily wash away local government financial resources. Now the peak body for councils is demanding a real increase in mitigation money from jurisdictions above them in an effort to stop them drowning in waterborne debt.
15 April, 2014
Melbourne has long suffered from the lack of a heavy rail link to speed passengers and staff to Tullamarine airport. Now the Napthine government has unveiled ambitious plans to fix the infrastructure deficit in the run-up to the November election.
15 April, 2014
The New South Wales government is under pressure from councils to act on recommendations from the Independent Local Government Review Panel before the next election in 2015.
14 April, 2014
Catastrophic floods delivered harsh and real lessons for Queenslanders about how to deal with the forces of nature. Now the Newman government is trying to put that knowledge and experience to work by creating a disaster management training course.
11 April, 2014
Australia’s peak railway body is pushing the federal government to tap into money held by superannuation funds to kickstart infrastructure projects it says are vital to the nation.
11 April, 2014
The Campbell Newman government has entered a new deal with computer giant Microsoft to deliver cloud-based software to public sector offices.
10 April, 2014
The Abbott government has drawn an official line under the policy of FTTH for all in favour of a mixed bag of broadband delivery mechanisms.
9 April, 2014
The availability of safe, clean and accessible loos in city centres is regarded as a defining, if understated, hallmark of a civilised society. Now the City of Sydney says it wants plenty more of them.
8 April, 2014
Port Jackson, better known as Sydney Harbour, is about to become a major public transport corridor after the NSW government called for designs for new vessels to bolster its fleet.
7 April, 2014
Benchmarking council performance can be a long and expensive task that sometimes produces questionable results, however New South Wales local government managers have now teamed up to create an innovative research tool that is as affordable and effective.
7 April, 2014
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman wants to flush away excess water projects to the private sector to pay off debt and save on maintenance costs.
3 April, 2014
All too familiar with the physical and economic devastation that floods inflict, Queensland’s Newman government is now moving to substantially bolster water holding capacity to limit any potential future damage.
2 April, 2014
Sydney’s Campbelltown City Council has taken on more clean and green biofuel garbage trucks as it tries to drive down both costs and carbon emissions.
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