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Regional NT council empowering youth through skateboarding
stephanienestor Community Services, News, NT, Recreation, Regional, Spotlight 0Roper Gulf Regional Council is working to empower the region’s young people and teach them about resilience, safety and...
$62 million for remote QLD road upgrades
stephanienestor Civil Construction, News, QLD, Regional, Road, Spotlight 0Eleven rural and remote Queensland councils are set to benefit from $62 million in federal funding to upgrade the...
Commonwealth Games 2026 to bring huge boom for VIC regional councils
stephanienestor Council, News, Recreation, Regional, Sports, Spotlight, VIC 0Victoria’s regional councils are set to gain an economic boost, with Victoria confirmed as the host of the 2026...
Bendigo Airport $4.5 million funding agreement finalised
stephanienestor Civil Construction, News, Regional, Spotlight, Transport, VIC 0To progress the Bendigo Airport terminal expansion and business park, City of Greater Bendigo has signed a contract with...
Why local government is holding the keys to the electric vehicle revolution
Eliza Booth Council, Electric vehicles, Environment and Sustainability, Features, Planning, Regional, Renewable Energy, Road, Smart Cities, Spotlight, Sustainability, Technology, Transport 0By Scott Dwyer and Kriti Nagrath, Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney Transport is a...
Looking to the future of local government
Patricia Council, Features, News, Planning, Policy, Regional, Smart Cities, Sustainability, Technology, Waste Management 0by Linda Scott, President of the Australian Local Government Association The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated local government’s ability to...
Sustaining the digital economy of regional Australia
Patricia Features, News, Regional, Smart Cities, Technology 0In order to build a sustainable domestic economy at the forefront of the digital revolution, we need to address...
Council calls for urgent telecommunications upgrade
April Shepherd Disaster Management, NSW, Regional 0Eurobodalla Council has requested urgent action to improve the resilience of the shire’s most critical telecommunications infrastructure, calling on...
$1 million in funding up for grabs for regional festivals
Eliza Booth Arts, Community Services, Council, Cultural Services, News, Recreation, Regional, Spotlight 0The Victorian Government has announced $1 million in funding to support regional Victoria’s vibrant and diverse calendar of events...
Smart tech improves safety for young drivers
Eliza Booth News, Project, Regional, Road, Safety, Smart Cities, Spotlight, Transport 0A new study from the University of Western Australia is seeking P-plater participants to examine whether a smartphone app...
Lake Macquarie Council is hosting a hardware-based hackathon for businesses to test and create LoRaWAN sensors that can use...
Broome residents save with Smart Sun pilot
Eliza Booth Environment and Sustainability, News, Project, Regional, Smart Cities, Sustainability 0Horizon Power’s Smart Sun pilot program has officially concluded with participating residents across Broome benefiting from a reduction of...
Smart parking trial kicks off in Mornington
Eliza Booth News, Regional, Road, Smart Cities, Spotlight, Transport, Urban Development 0A new Smart Parking trial has kicked off in Mornington and is already having an impact by helping to...
As part of the Victorian Budget 2020/21, the State Government is delivering the biggest boost ever to Victoria’s digital...
World-first data reveals trend toward “The New Local”
Eliza Booth Asset Management, Features, Regional, Smart Cities, Spotlight 0As Australian cities and communities reach the seven-month milestone of living under COVID-19 restrictions, exclusive new data comparing Melbourne,...
Space technology set to boost national water quality management
Eliza Booth Asset Management, Environment and Sustainability, News, Regional, Spotlight, Sustainability 0A 12-month scoping study will be conducted to assess if satellites in space and a network of ground-based sensors...
Calls for community feedback on Aerotropolis plans
Kim Ho News, Planning, Policy, Project, Regional, Smart Cities, Spotlight, Sustainability, Urban Development 0The NSW Government is seeking community feedback on the state’s newest city – Western Sydney Aerotropolis – with initial plans now on public...