Factsheet: Youth Economic Participation

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Open House to celebrate Hari Raya Aidil Fitri 2019

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Number: A44/2019

Date: 23 May 2019

Kiama Municipal Council, NSW, for Kiama Dementia Friendly Project—Transcript

[Music plays and text appears: National Awards for Local Government. Kiama Dementia Friendly Project, Kiama Municipal Council, NSW, Disability Access and Inclusion. Category Winner]

[Image changes to show Nick Guggisberg, Kiama Dementia Friendly Project, Kiama Municipal Council, NSW]

Millions upon millions of people already live with dementia, but in many regards we are still approaching the issue of dementia.

[Image changes to show a group of people standing together with linked arms]

City of Stirling, WA, for Stirling Aboriginal Engagement Project—Transcript

[Music plays and text appears: National Awards for Local Government. Stirling Aboriginal Engagement Project, City of Stirling, WA, Promoting Indigenous Recognition. Category Winner]

[Image changes to show Trevor Holland, Stirling Aboriginal Engagement Project, City of Stirling, WA]

Certainly it was a community based programme, the idea come from the community about trying to work in very close with the Aboriginal community, and also the CALD programme, or the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Community,

2016 winners

image of Local Awards for Local Government banner

Mackay Regional Council in Queensland is the winner of the 2016 National Award for Excellence in Local Government for their Transforming a Water Business project.

Details of this project and the 2016 Category Winners and highly commended projects are in the 2016 National Awards for Local Government Winners Book.

Mackay Regional Council, Qld, for Transforming a Water Business—Transcript

[Music plays and text appears: National Awards for Local Government. Transforming a Water Business, Mackay Regional Council, QLD, Digital Innovation in Local Government. National Winner]

[Image changes to show David Brooker, Transforming a Water Business, Mackay Regional Council, QLD]

We"ve won the award for change in the water business and we"ve done that through changing the way that we collect data to fundamentally change the cost of delivering services,

2016 winners videos

Below are video summaries of the 2016 National Winner and the Category Award Winning projects.

City of Yarra, Vic, for Yarra Young Entrepreneur Program—Transcript

[Music plays and text appears: National Awards for Local Government. Yarra Young Entrepreneurs Program, City of Yarra, VIC, Youth Economic Participation. Category Winner]

[Image changes to show Elinor Porat, Yarra Young Entrepreneurs Program, City of Yarra, VIC]

The programme is called the Yarra Young Entrepreneur Program and it was a programme that was run in partnership between the Yarra Youth Services team and an economic development unit in the council.

Factsheet: Boosting Productivity through Infrastructure

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