Collection: Tech Book

Councils play a major role in creating the environment within the local and regional community pursue their objectives. To achieve this councils must take a chort medium and long term on the diverse mix of interests and needs that exist in their areas.

Review: In eastern Australia, grassy eucalypt woodlands have been under severe pressure from agricultural development, with problems of land degradation and species decline being most severe in the cropping lands of south-eastern Australia. Managing and Conserving Grassy Woodlands describes a set...

Provides an understanding and discussioon of the wide range of skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary to manage and administer a childrens' services program effectively and creatively.

This booklet presents guidelines for managing to minimise the effects of drought, for managing during drought, and what to do when the drought breaks. It also outlines the types and sources of advice and assistance that are available.

Use of land can result in its contamination by chemicals, posing a risk to human health or the environment and precluding later development of a site for particular uses and managing land contamination through the planning and development control process

Provides guidelines to help achieve efficient management and access to source materials that document and describe the history of a local community.

Is your senior citizens centre just bricks and mortar or a vital, people-oriented service centre and meeting place? Guidelines for local councils to assist in achieving a successful senior citizens centre.

Provides information about sewage overflows from teh sewerage systems in Sydney, the Blue Mountains and the Illawarra (the Sydney region), the causes and effects of overflows, and the issues associated with options for managing them.