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| 1: | | 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... | | | Special Award for Merit |
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| 2: | | 2007 | City of Playford(SA ) | Young Mums & Early Childhood Development | | Health and Wellbeing | The City of Playford became aware that many young families after the birth of their child and before their children went to school, were failing to establish social support structures and failing to access relevant services provided by local agencies. Social isolation was the major cause of poor health and wellbeing... | | | Special Award |
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| 3: | | 2005 | Newcastle City Council(NSW) | The Greenhouse Action in Newcastle (GAIN) Plan | | Local Greenhouse Action | The Greenhouse Action in Newcastle (GAIN) Plan 2001 - 2008 was developed by Newcastle City Council and its Greenhouse Action Partners (GAP) to address the growing need for local government and the community to manage its impact on the environment. The GAIN Plan was constructed as part of Newcastle City Council's commitment to the Cities for Climate Protection Program and includes 88 clear actions for ... | | | Special Award |
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| 4: | | 2004 | Mount Marshall Shire Council(WA ) | Shire of Mount Marshall Environmental Protection Programme | | Integrating Biodiversity Conservation into Planning and Management | In light of the Algal blooms and fish deaths in the Swan and Canning Rivers and ongoing deteriorating health of the river system the City of South Perth has developed a proactive management plan to manage the water quality in the City.
The Integrated Catchment Management Plan also gives the City a Strategic guida... | | | Special Award |
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| 5: | | 2003 | Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia(NSW) | Assessing The Load Capacity of Timber Bridges | | Infrastructure management | Australian Local Government is responsible for 20,000 bridges and over 70% of these are ageing timber bridges. It has been a major challenge to develop cost-effective strategies for their maintenance and rehabilitation. The Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia (IPWEA) has worked with t... | | | Special Award for Innovation |
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| 6: | | 2002 | Wagait Shire Council(NT ) | Electronic Water Card Delivery System | | Engineering, Infrastructure, Planning and Urban Design | Residents of the small Cox Peninsula community gain their potable water from a standpipe located at storage tanks replenished from a natural spring. Each year the spring ... | | | Special Award for Innovation |
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| 7: | | 2002 | Whittlesea City Council(VIC) | FoodSmart - Food Safety Plans Online | | Information Technology | Each year in Australia, 4 million people become sick through poor food handling, costing the community $2.5 billion through lost earnings and medical expenses. In response, Victorian food safety regulations were tightened in 1997, requiring all food business to have an approved fo... | | | Special Award for Innovation |
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