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Debt recovery for outstanding rates – what about the costs?
Pursuing debt recovery action for outstanding rates, whilst important to ensure ratepayers are not subsiding the resultant loss to general revenue on an ongoing basis, is not without cost to…
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Protecting your digital information
While the term ‘cybersecurity’ may conjure up abstract images of ‘Matrix-like’ codes and hackers engaged in a game of cat-and-mouse with IT security teams, the reality is much more mundane.…
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The ‘Gag’ Order Myth
You will be aware of the recent string of media articles suggesting that council policies are being put in place in an attempt to ‘gag’ elected members, or to otherwise…
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Proposed changes to swimming pool safety barriers
The Australian Standard relating to swimming pool safety barriers, AS 1926.1 Swimming pool safety – Safety barriers for swimming pools is currently under review. This Standard provides the design, construction…
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Employee safety: the importance of PPE
As with all employers, councils have a duty under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 to provide a safe working environment for their employees. In complying with these obligations,…
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More than black sunglasses — agreements and security
We are often asked about what security is appropriate in a situation, and I don’t mean how many people you need watching the door! When we talk about security, we…
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What’s in a sign?
The Full Court of the Supreme Court has recently upheld a finding of the Supreme Court that the Clare & Gilbert Valleys Council (‘the Council’) was contributorily negligent for a…
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Incomplete Developments require a complete strategy
We appear to be in a unique period where debt and mortgage stress and house prices are all increasing, resulting in increased numbers of incomplete developments and less tolerance of…