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| 1: | | 2007 | Willoughby City Council (NSW) | Strategic Property Management - Something for Everyone | | Asset Management | Willoughby City Council developed a Property Plan that provides a blueprint for future upgrading, replacement, purchase or sale of all council owned properties. The Plan includes short and long term goals for each property and integrates all other studies and plans of council. It is available electronically to sta... | | | Category Award for Excellence |
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| 2: | | 2007 | Flinders Council (TAS) | Whitemark Airport Redevelopment, Flinders Island | | Asset Management | The resurfacing of the long runway at Whitemark Airport on Flinders Island demonstrates an innovative approach to the delivery of a critical infrastructure project in a remote... | | | Category Award Category Rural Award |
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| 3: | | 2007 | Launceston City Council (TAS) | Tree of Hope: Our Children's View of the Future | | Community Participation and Partnership | Primary schools in the Launceston area were invited to participate in the Tree of Hope project. A format was devised that comprised a whole class discussion that stimulated children's thinking about the ideas of... | | | Category Award |
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| 4: | | 2007 | Randwick City Council (NSW) | Sustaining our City - Retrofitting Randwick for Water Savings | | Community Water Grants Water Saving | Randwick Council's Sustaining our City initiative implements innovative and practical solutions to tackle the full range of issues confronting our society from climate change... | | | Category Award |
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| 6: | | 2007 | Wagait Shire Council (NT ) | Wagait Beach Community Centre | | Health and Wellbeing | Wagait Beach is isolated from Darwin by 130 km drive or a 15 minute ferry ride, in good weather. The provision of the Community Centre by the council has meant:
• improved health and wellbeing for the local population, as primary health care services are now available locally;
• improved outlook for at-risk groups, such as the aged... | | | Category Award Category Rural Award for Excellence |
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| 7: | | 2007 | City of Playford (SA ) | Young Mums & Early Childhood Development | | Health and Wellbeing | In 2003 the Playford Partnership auspiced by the City of Playford engaged a number agencies including the Para West Adult Campus (PWAC), the Women’s & Children’s Hospital Centre for Health Promotion and Infoxchange to design and implement the ParentingXchange program, a technology based model to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for socially isolated young mums and their children - those of us who are too young too speak for themselves and too isolated to be seen.
Through the work of the Centre for Health Pr... | | | Category Award for Merit |
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| 8: | | 2007 | Townsville City Council (QLD) | Townsville City Council Women's Advisory Committee | | Increasing Women's Participation | The Townsville City Council Women's Advisory Committee was launched in 1994 and remains a highly valued means for local women to have input into Council decision making.
Women on the Committee come from a... | | | Category Award |
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| 9: | | 2007 | Liverpool Plains Shire Council (NSW) | Tr@ceR - Electronic Document Management System | | Information Technology | Tr@cer was developed ‘in house’ by Liverpool Plains Shire Council's IT Department in conjunction with council users at all levels. It operates with a simple, user friendly interface and opens every time a computer is logged on.
Outdoor staff can also receive do... | | | Category Award Category Rural Award for Innovation |
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