By Staff Writers Hornsby Shire Council has won the premier award in the 2006 Local Government Excellence in the Environment Awards announced recently at the NSW Art Gallery. The awards,…
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Bradford wins community and government award
By Staff Writer The Department of Defence, regional manager for defence support, Northern Territory and Kimberley, Anne Bradford has been recognised at the 2006 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the…
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…
CIOs in battle with operational reform monsters
By Adam Coleman Processes, people and technology must be managed on an enterprise-wide level to enable successful e-government and to avoid the problems associated with a “three-headed beast” pulling the…
Commitment needed to grow arts culture: Garrett
By Adam Coleman Australian arts and culture are not receiving the advocacy they deserve in the national leadership, and need a robust commitment to arts education, a creative industries agenda…
GPs key in event of Pandemic says ANU
By Adam Coleman In the event of a pandemic influenza outbreak, general practitioners would be crucial to prevent a large number of Australian deaths recent research from the Australian National…
Value from older workers
By Jane Garcia It’s time to stop seeing only the challenges of the ageing workforce and start seeing the opportunities the situation creates. This is the message of IBM Global…
Having her voice heard
By Jane Garcia An involvement in community action lead Judy Maddigan into a career in local then state government and to her present role as the first woman Speaker of…
Preparing for a pandemic
By Jane Garcia and Kim Powell As anyone who works in an office or catches public transport would testify, influenza is a highly contagious virus. New strains regularly emerge and…
Spend it sensibly
By Jane Garcia No matter how hard you try does there always ends up being some mouldy green thing in the back of your refrigerator that might have started life…