Journal articles: 'Local government Victoria Management'

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Pullin, Len, and Ali Haidar. "Performance Contract Management in Regional Local Government - Victoria." Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources 41, no. 3 (December 1, 2003): 279–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1038411103041003003.

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Pullin, Len, and Ali Haidar. "Managerial values in local government – Victoria, Australia." International Journal of Public Sector Management 16, no. 4 (July 2003): 286–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513550310480042.

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Fünfgeld, Hartmut. "Framing the challenge of climate change adaptation for Victorian local governments." Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 125, no. 1 (2013): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rs13016.

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Climate change adaptation, although dependent on our understanding of current and future climatic trends, is predominantly a social and institutional process. This becomes evident when studying how organisations actually respond to and prepare for climate change impacts. This paper explores the notion of framing climate change adaptation as a process of organisational development and change in the local government sector. Local governments, as the tier of government closest to the community, provide a raft of services to residents and businesses, many of which may be affected by the impacts of a changing climate. Local governments in Victoria and elsewhere have been at the forefront of assessing climatic risks and opportunities, as well as devising strategies and response measures to address these risks. The growing evidence of adaptation planning in the local government sector suggests that adaptation can be framed in many different ways, although a risk management perspective is frequently applied. Increasingly, adaptation to climate change is conceptualised as an ongoing, flexible process that needs to be fully embedded in the local and organisational context. This paper discusses the conceptual and organisational framing of climate change adaptation, illustrated by examples of the diversity of adaptation approaches taken by local governments in Victoria.

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Ansari, Z., MJ Ackland, NJ Carson, and BCK Choi. "Small Area Analysis of Diabetes Complications: Opportunities for Targeting Public Health and Health Services Interventions." Australian Journal of Primary Health 11, no. 3 (2005): 72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py05045.

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The objective of this paper is to present small area analyses of diabetes complications in Victoria, Australia, and to illustrate their importance for targeting public health and health services interventions. Local government areas in Victoria were aggregated into 32 Primary Care Partnerships (PCP), which are voluntary alliances of primary care providers. The 32 PCP areas were used as the basic geographic units for small area analyses. Admission rates for diabetes complications were age and sex standardised using the direct method and the 1996 Victorian population as the reference. Admission rate ratios were calculated using the Victorian admission rates as the reference. The 95 per cent confidence intervals for the standardised admission rate ratios were based on the Poisson distribution. There was a wide variation (almost fivefold) in admission rates for diabetes complications across the PCP catchments, with the lowest standardised rate ratio of 0.37 and the highest of 1.75. There were 11 PCPs (seven metropolitan, four rural) with admission rate ratios significantly higher than the Victorian average. The seven metropolitan PCPs contributed more than 43% of all admissions and bed days for diabetes complications in Victoria. Small area analyses of diabetes complications are an exciting new development aimed at stimulating an evidence-based dialogue between local area health service providers, planners and policy-makers. The purpose is to provide opportunities to target public health and health services interventions at the local level to improve the management of diabetes complications in the community.

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Thomas, Ian, and Samuel Millar. "Sustainability, education and local government: insights from the Australian state of Victoria." Local Environment 21, no. 12 (February 9, 2016): 1482–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2016.1140131.

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Armstrong, Anona, and Yongqiang Li. "Governance and Sustainability in Local Government." Australasian Business, Accounting and Finance Journal 16, no. 2 (2022): 12–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.14453/aabfj.v16i2.3.

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According to auditor reports in 2021, local government councils are failing their communities and their voters. Victorian Auditor General’s Office (VAGO) Reports 2021 suggest that the Councils of local governments are rife with conflicts of interest, manipulation of land deals, lacking independence and captured by their CEOs. The Victorian Government has recently introduced a new Local Government Act 2020 (VIC) to address the corruption, poor professional conducts of particular individuals and poor organisational culture exhibited by local government councils. The paper raises questions about what this will mean for local government governance, risk management and accountability, culture and leadership, relationships within councils, and how the inclusion of community governance will impact on the selection of and efficient delivery of programs. A fundamental challenge facing local government is determining the sustainable governance structures and practices that meet the needs of their communities in ways that balance economic, environmental, social and governance concerns. The paper draws on previous research that touch on ESG issues and identifies some areas for further research.

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Aulich, Chris. "Bureaucratic Limits to Markets: The Case of Local Government in Victoria, Australia." Public Money and Management 19, no. 4 (October 1999): 37–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9302.00187.

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Gabriel, Paul. "The Development of Municipal Emergency Management Planning in Victoria, Australia." International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters 20, no. 3 (November 2002): 293–307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/028072700202000302.

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In Australia, local government plays an essential role in emergency management, although not a provider of emergency services. The role of supporting emergency services and the community both during and after emergencies has been a traditional role. Added to this is an increasing responsibility as the focal point for the conduct of local mitigation using risk analysis, prioritization, and treatment under the methodology of emergency risk management. This role is part of a shift in the emphasis of emergency management in Australia away from the strong focus on emergencies and the emergency services, towards an emphasis on the sustainability of the community and its life in the context of the risk of loss posed by natural and other hazards. Models of municipal emergency risk management planning are presented to assist municipalities to connect or even integrate their emergency management planning processes with other similar community safety activities such as crime and injury prevention.

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Ordóñez, Camilo, Dave Kendal, Caragh G. Threlfall, Dieter F. Hochuli, Melanie Davern, Richard A. Fuller, Rodney van der Ree, and Stephen J. Livesley. "How Urban Forest Managers Evaluate Management and Governance Challenges in Their Decision-Making." Forests 11, no. 9 (September 2, 2020): 963. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11090963.

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Decisions about urban forests are critical to urban liveability and resilience. This study aimed to evaluate the range of positions held by urban forest managers from local governments in the state of Victoria, Australia, regarding the management and governance challenges that affect their decision-making. This study was based on a Q-method approach, a procedure that allows researchers to evaluate the range of positions that exist about a topic in a structured manner based on the experiences of a wide group of people. We created statements on a wide range of urban forest management and governance challenges and asked urban forest managers to rate their level of agreement with these statements via an online survey. Managers generally agreed about the challenges posed by urban development and climate change for implementing local government policies on urban forest protection and expansion. However, there were divergent views about how effective solutions based on increasing operational capacities, such as increasing budgets and personnel, could address these challenges. For some managers, it was more effective to improve critical governance challenges, such as inter-departmental and inter-municipal coordination, community engagement, and addressing the culture of risk aversion in local governments. Urban forest regional strategies aimed at coordinating management and governance issues across cities should build on existing consensus on development and environmental threats and address critical management and governance issues not solely related to local government operational capacity.

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Etiegni, Christine Adhiambo, Kenneth Irvine, and Michelle Kooy. "Participatory governance in Lake Victoria (Kenya) fisheries: whose voices are heard?" Maritime Studies 19, no. 4 (July 21, 2020): 489–507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40152-020-00195-x.

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AbstractCo-management is advocated as a means to improve human equity and the ecological sustainability of common-pool resources. The promotion of co-management of fisheries often assumes the participation of resource users in decision-making ensures more ecologically sustainable outcomes than top–down management approaches while improving livelihoods and food security. However, in fisheries co-management approaches, participation is often poorly defined and measured by co-management proponents. For resource users, it may not be clear what their participation in co-management entails, and what such participation might involve or achieve. For the fisheries of Lake Victoria (Kenya), the introduction of co-management established Beach Management Units (BMUs) on a model of participatory decision-making. Unsurprisingly, given global experiences of institutions for resource users’ participation in co-management, the structures established across Lake Victoria (Kenya) have not resulted in effective participation of fisher folk. We examine why this is so. Specifically, we examine the influence of institutions on fisher folks’ participation in co-management, using critical institutionalism to explain how participation of resource users is shaped by the relation between formal government institutions and informal social norms. We take four BMUs as case studies to investigate how historical administrative structures shape the development of co-management, how power relationships within co-management are negotiated at the local beach level and the fisher folks’ understanding of their participation in co-management. We document how informal institutions undermine and replace formal institutions at the local beach level, while formal institutions suppress and ignore informal ones at the national and regional levels. From this, we argue power sharing between the government and fisher folk is key for fisher folk participation in fisheries co-management, capable of addressing both social and ecological challenges facing fisheries management.

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Agarwal, Priya, Tim T. Werner, Ruth Lane, and Julia Lamborn. "Municipal recycling performance in Victoria, Australia: results from a survey of local government authorities." Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 27, no. 3 (May 26, 2020): 294–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2020.1765423.

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Kluvers, Ron. "Hierarchical position in local government and perceptions of accountability." Corporate Ownership and Control 11, no. 1 (2013): 326–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv11i1c3art3.

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This study explores the understanding of the concept of accountability held by Victorian local government managers and elected councillors in a New Public Management (NPM) environment. Accountability involves relationships between superiors and subordinates and in the case of local government between councillors, management and members of the community. Accountability relationships exist between councillors and management and between the different levels of management. The position that a person holds within local government is subject to the organization’s culture, in particular the values held by councillors and staff, the use of power and how the superior / subordinate relationships are understood. A survey instrument was sent to all councillors and managers in Victorian local government. There was a 21% response rate. Anova analysis was applied to determine if there were significant differences between councillors and tier 1 and tier 2 managers. The anova analysis found that there were differences between the groups depending upon where the municipality was located and whether a person was a councillor or a tier 1 or tier 2 managers.

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Willcox, Jane, and Marie Gill. "Integrated Disease Management Programs: Reflections and Learnings from Implementation." Australian Journal of Primary Health 13, no. 2 (2007): 113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py07029.

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Integrated Chronic Disease Management (ICDM) is a key focus of recent Victorian Government primary care partnership (PCP) and community health policy direction documents. Planning for a more ICDM approach has been informed by earlier integrated disease management (IDM) projects funded through the PCP Strategy. In 2001, five IDM pilot projects were funded, for three years, under the Department of Human Services (Victoria) IDM Initiative. The IDM projects aimed to inform future planning for chronic disease care by developing models of care that sought a better quality of life, fewer complications for individuals, and reduced overall use of health care resources. The projects trialled different processes and components of IDM to accommodate local priorities, resources and existing care practice with more than 1000 consumers collectively involved. The experience of building community programs targeting consumers with chronic disease resulted in key learnings about IDM and effecting change. Enablers and barriers were identified, and the relationship between best practice and key learnings explored in the areas of partnerships, service coordination and consumer engagement, to further understand the best approaches to improve care for people with chronic disease.

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Faroqi, Hamed, Leila Irajifar, and Ali Cheshmehzangi. "Sustainable Development in Smart and Resilient Local Government Areas: An Empirical Investigation of Victoria, Australia." International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 17, no. 6 (October 21, 2022): 1943–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.18280/ijsdp.170630.

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Experts always seek for improving the development and management of multidimensional urban systems, including those of sustainability, smartness, and resiliency. These dimensions are the main keywords in related research to model and predict better development in urban and regional areas; there are overlapped concepts, common attributes, and parallel processes in existing indices designed for each of those keywords, which might not be an ideal option for the status quo. Therefore, there is a need to find a balance between these concepts/indices and identify an integrated development strategy that addresses smart, resilient, and sustainable development demands. For this purpose, first of all, attributes and themes used to develop the development indices are collected from the recent literature. Secondly, a semantic text mining technique is used to discover commonly used attributes among the collected ones. Thirdly, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is used to investigate the correlation between the selected attributes to reduce or merge similar attributes. Fourthly, after collecting data and normalizing calculated scores for each LGA, a k-means clustering method is used to identify LGAs with similar development behaviour. And finally, the developed index is implemented in Victoria, Australia as a case study that includes 79 regional and urban local government areas. Evaluation of the results (comparing the results with two existing studies) indicated the success of the proposed index in bringing smartness, resiliency and sustainability indices under a united and comprehensive development index.

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Glanville, Carmen, Jennifer Ford, and Grahame Coleman. "Animal Cruelty and Neglect: Prevalence and Community Actions in Victoria, Australia." Animals 9, no. 12 (December 11, 2019): 1121. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9121121.

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While animal mistreatment is common worldwide, its true scale is largely unknown. Currently, organisations rely on community reporting (case data) and trends found therein to inform prevention activities. To investigate the prevalence, types, and responses to animal mistreatment in Victoria, we conducted a representative telephone survey (n = 1801) across six Local Government Areas (LGAs); three with high numbers of RSPCA reported cases and three demographically similar areas with low numbers of such cases. Overall, 25.7% of people surveyed had witnessed at least one incident of mistreatment in the last 12 months, with those relating to neglect or poor management predominating. No differences in prevalence were found between LGAs when socio-economic index and local government comparator group were controlled for. However, participants in regional cities recalled witnessing more separate incidents than those in metropolitan or interface areas. Actions taken after witnessing mistreatment were varied, yet many participants did nothing (27%) and only 9% reported to RSPCA Victoria. Attitudes to reporting were positive but did not predict reporting behaviour. Together, these results demonstrate that case data are not reliable indicators of the true prevalence of animal mistreatment; it is common and grossly underreported, highlighting the need for effective, evidence-based prevention programs.

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Bell, James, Henry Chan, Michael Chan, and Sungkon Moon. "COVID-19 and Construction: Impact Analysis on Construction Performance during Two Infection Waves in Victoria, Australia." Sustainability 14, no. 5 (February 23, 2022): 2580. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14052580.

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This research outlines the fluctuation in confirmed active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as related to the changes in the Victoria state government’s rules and restrictions. Further, this study examines the impact of government restrictions on the performance of construction in Victoria, Australia. The data analyses in this paper identify the specific effects on industrial production, during the different lockdown stages, in three local construction companies. Companies were selected from different points along the supply chain. Company A is a supplier involved in the manufacturing of structural steel. Company B conducts logistics and procurement. Company C is a construction engineering business specializing in foundations. After reviewing relevant case studies and theories, data analyses were developed in collaboration with these companies. The results revealed that the impact of restrictions on the workers on individual construction projects was not significant. Stage 4 restrictions (Victoria’s highest lockdown level) significantly impacted overall income by limiting construction to only servicing essential infrastructure or essential businesses. The novel contribution of this study is the data analysis outcome for Victoria, where a high level of restrictions were experienced, such as curfew and enforced isolation at home, relative to other countries. In 2021 and 2022 (omicron variant dominated), Victoria was again at the brink of an infection wave, which showed a similar pattern to July 2020, and endured the world’s longest COVID-19 lockdown. The research findings contribute to the body of knowledge by providing empirical data analysis of each company, representing the economic impact of ordinary small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in construction.

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Carnemolla, Phillippa, Jack Kelly, Catherine Donnelley, Aine Healy, and Megan Taylor. "“If I Was the Boss of My Local Government”: Perspectives of People with Intellectual Disabilities on Improving Inclusion." Sustainability 13, no. 16 (August 13, 2021): 9075. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13169075.

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Despite many initiatives to reframe and support inclusion for people with disabilities, people with intellectual disabilities continue to experience social exclusion in their local communities. This study shares the perspectives of people with an intellectual disability on what matters to them in their local communities. This study aims to inform local governments of the value of engaging with and listening to local people with intellectual disabilities and is an important exploration of how the social sustainability of cities is framed and valued by people who have historically been socially and geographically excluded. Focus groups and interviews were conducted in six local government areas, with a mix of metropolitan and regional areas, in two states of Australia—NSW and Victoria. The study analysed how 45 Australian adults with intellectual disabilities described their local communities and conceptualised better inclusion. The results were collated and organised by applying an adapted framework of inclusive cities. The participants expressed the need for safe, accessible and clean public amenities; accessible information; appropriate communication; and for people to be more respectful, friendly and understanding of the needs of people with intellectual disabilities. This study suggests that local governments can take action in order to improve social sustainability by engaging with local people with intellectual disabilities as citizens, advisors and employees, and by educating the wider community about respect and social inclusion for all.

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Breach, Rayleen, and Linda K. Jones. "Victorian maternal child health nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards national registration changes." Journal of Hospital Administration 6, no. 3 (March 26, 2017): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jha.v6n3p1.

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In 2010 National Registration for nurses was established which was likely to impact the role of the maternal and child health nurses (MCH) in Victoria. This study explored the perceived impact of the national changes to the MCH nurse workforce in Victoria following the implementation of national registration and a proposed national service framework. A qualitative exploratory descriptive design was employed with the purpose of exploring the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of Key Stakeholders (KSH) to the recent changes and perceived impact to Victorian MCH nurses. The significance of this study lies with understanding the gaps in current knowledge of KSH to the national changes. Outlined briefly in this paper will be main findings from the KSH. This involved interviewing 12 KSH from management positions, including Local Government Coordinators, Policy Advisors to the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, the Municipal Association of Victoria, along with academics from Universities that provide postgraduate Child and Family Health education programs for the MCH nurse qualification. Date was transcribed verbatim and content analysis used. Categories were developed by identifying recurrent patterns from the data, labels were then chosen which reflected the participant’s words: “common standard”; “losing our identity”; “universal service”; “we do it well” and “imposed from above”. Overall the KSH were concerned how the disparity in education and qualifications would be resolved and the effect this would have on the service. Findings from this study highlight the importance of comprehensively investigating services offered by all jurisdictions and using collaboration, communication and leadership to effectively introduce change.

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Tennant, W., and J. Sheed. "Managing waterway health in the Goulburn Broken Catchment, Victoria, Australia." Water Science and Technology 43, no. 9 (May 1, 2001): 29–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2001.0502.

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Historically within most catchments, resource management programs have been planned and implemented in isolation of one another. This was once the case in the Goulburn Broken Catchment, a major catchment of the Murray Darling Basin, Australia. Although only 2% of the Murray Darling Basin's land area, the catchment generates 11% of the basin's water resources. Learning from the past, a cooperative and collaborative approach to natural resource programs has developed. This approach is the envy of many other catchment communities and agencies. Through a combination of “Partnership Programs”, “Operational Initiatives” and community involvement, significant programs have been implemented within the catchment, which will benefit not only the local community but communities further afield. The outcomes of the waterway health program highlight the benefits provided through the establishment of cooperative and partnership resource improvement programs. These programs were founded on the ability of the community to recognise the need for integration, base management decisions on best available science and an ability to work together. Their effective delivery has been provided through the resources provided, to the local community, by the Natural Heritage Trust with matching and State and local allocations. While programs have shown success, challenges still face the community. These challenges include verification and implementation of environmental flows, storage of the catchment's vital water resources, and maintaining community involvement and participation in on-going works programs. The Goulburn Broken Catchment community, with the support of Federal, State and Local Governments, is looking at opportunities for continued improvements in waterway health.

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De Fina, Aaron, Marc Chable, and Cameron Wills. "360-degree stakeholder management driving successful CO2 storage research." APPEA Journal 59, no. 2 (2019): 565. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj18215.

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The CO2CRC Otway Project continues to demonstrate that carbon capture and storage is a viable option for CO2 mitigation. The CO2CRC Otway Project is Australia’s first CO2 demonstration project, with two projects completed, involving geological storage of some 80000 tonnes of CO2 over the past 10 years. The project was initially authorised for a single stage with a finite life, but the growing requirements of the global carbon capture and storage community required further research on carbon capture and storage technologies and behaviour (via Stages 2 and 3), and so the project was extended. CO2CRC has undertaken 360-degree stakeholder engagement processes throughout the project, regularly consulting with regulators, governments, industry, partners, researchers and the community. This has been especially important as the project changed, operating in a niche space between Victorian environment, petroleum and water Acts. This process has allowed CO2CRC to contribute to alignment efforts within regulatory bodies, to enhance regulations to cover project activities, ensuring best practices are documented and observed to the satisfaction of the regulators and wider community. The Otway Basin in south-west Victoria is a region not immune to broader community concerns regarding the oil and gas and other industries. The surrounding area is predominately dairy farming, with locals relying heavily on the aquifers beneath their land. Although such a backdrop suggests potentially high levels of concern and scrutiny, especially when projects necessitate drilling or other invasive activities, the project has maintained strong local stakeholder engagement and support due to ongoing implementation and evaluation of the stakeholder management processes.

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MWANGA, J. R., P. MAGNUSSEN, THE LATE C. L. MUGASHE, THE LATE R. M. GABONE, and J. AAGAARD-HANSEN. "SCHISTOSOMIASIS-RELATED PERCEPTIONS, ATTITUDES AND TREATMENT-SEEKING PRACTICES IN MAGU DISTRICT, TANZANIA: PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS." Journal of Biosocial Science 36, no. 1 (January 2004): 63–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932003006114.

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A study on perceptions, attitudes and treatment-seeking practices related to schistosomiasis was conducted among the Wasukuma in the rural Magu district of Tanzania at the shore of Lake Victoria where Schistosoma haematobium and mansoni infections are endemic. The study applied in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and a questionnaire survey among adults and primary school children. The perceived symptoms and causes were incongruous with the biomedical perspective and a number of respondents found schistosomiasis to be a shameful disease. Lack of diagnostic and curative services at the government health care facilities was common, but there was a willingness from the biomedical health care services to collaborate with the traditional healers. Recommendations to the District Health Management Team were: that collaboration between biomedical and traditional health care providers should be strengthened and that the government facilities’ diagnostic and curative capacity with regard to schistosomiasis should be upgraded. Culturally compatible health education programmes should be developed in collaboration with the local community.

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Urrutiaguer, M., S. Lloyd, and S. Lamshed. "Determining water sensitive urban design project benefits using a multi-criteria assessment tool." Water Science and Technology 61, no. 9 (May 1, 2010): 2333–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2010.045.

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The integration of urban water cycle management with urban planning and design is referred to as ‘Water Sensitive Urban Design’ or ‘WSUD’ in Australia; one of the key elements of WSUD is the management of urban stormwater. In early 2006, the Victorian Government released the Yarra River Action Plan, which allocated $20 million towards tackling urban stormwater pollution. To help ensure this money is allocated in an equitable and transparent manner across all metropolitan local governments a multi-criteria assessment tool has been developed. This paper presents an overview of the multi-criteria assessment tool developed and adopted for selecting WSUD projects that are eligible for funding through Melbourne Water's Stormwater Program. This tool considers three types of indicators: environmental, engagement (engagement with stakeholders and local government capacity building) and financial. Within each category, a series of indicators of different weightings are applied to score a project. Where initial concept designs do not meet the Program criteria, additional work is undertaken to refine and improve the project. The tool and its use are illustrated with a case study.

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McCoppin, Brigid, and Robyn Byrne. "Selecting Members of Victorian Community Health Boards." Australian Journal of Primary Health 4, no. 4 (1998): 116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py98067.

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The Victorian State Government has changed the method of selection of community health centre board of management members from election by community members to government appointment. The Government argued in Parliament that this was to ensure more expert and accountable boards, while the Opposition regretted a loss of democratic election and community participation. A survey of board presidents shows that health centre selection panels accomplished their new task with dispatch and efficiency, in spite of Department of Human Services delays. Presidents consider their new boards on the whole an improvement, with added expertise though not necessarily improved accountability. Some concerns remain about a loss of local accountability and identification, and community health centres now face a government policy aimed at greater horizontal integration of the whole primary health care sector.

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Henderson, Steven. "Competitive sub-metropolitan regionalism: Local government collaboration and advocacy in northern Melbourne, Australia." Urban Studies 55, no. 13 (October 26, 2017): 2863–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098017726737.

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In contrast with attention to city-regions as motors of the global economy, alternative perspectives indicate the rising complexity of metropolitan forms. The coherency of city-regions, their management and the intensity of political benefits from outwardly radiating opportunities can therefore be considered problematic. Symbolic of this complexity is the emergence of sub-metropolitan regions, or sub-regions within city-regions, that seek to better position themselves within global economic flows and public-sector funding allocations. Careful assessment is necessary as place-based factors, including multi-level government structures and prevailing inter-government relations, shape resulting regional governance formations. In the Australian context, the significance of the state government level and a dearth of commentary on local government advocacy are highlighted. Within expansive Melbourne, regional wedge-based forms of collaboration involving local councils are identified, some having historical equivalents and overlapping regional governance structures. Specific attention is directed towards northern Melbourne where seven local councils forged a regional collaborative approach in the early 2010s after reflecting upon local and regional experiences and the achievements of other metropolitan and Victorian regions. A ratcheting upwards of advocacy endeavours is identified as symbolised by government delegations, advocacy documents, connections between regional governance structures and deliberation over how advocacy can be made more impactful. Future research priorities include comparative investigations to better document and conceptualise local and regional advocacy approaches and experiences, plus analysis of the counterstrategies designed by higher government levels to manage competing sub-metropolitan regions.

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Mathieson, W. E., and T. A. Winters. "COMMUNITY CONSULTATION IN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS." APPEA Journal 38, no. 2 (1998): 145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj97086.

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The management of community consultation is a critical step in achieving timely Government approval for projects and laying the foundation for sound long-term relationships between local communities and project developers. The benefits of good relationships with local communities will flow on to Government support for the project, employee relations, service from local suppliers, and supportive neighbours. Both Government and project proponents are increasingly recognising the value of public participation in the environmental assessment of projects-it makes good business sense.The Queensland Government guidelines state that an appropriate public participation program is essential to the full conduct of the impact assessment (Department of Family, Youth and Community Care). This paper considers the issues involved in developing an appropriate community consultation program and looks specifically at the program adopted by BHP for the assessment of a proposed ammonium nitrate plant near Moura in Central Queensland. The BHP program was commended by the Department of Family, Youth and Community Care as a best practise example for other similar industrial projects.There is, however, community consultation and community consultation. The ammonium nitrate project was near a town which had suffered serious population decline and associated loss of services and infrastructure standards over the last decade. The town had also recently experienced major trauma as a result of the Moura underground mine tragedy in 1994.The social environment was in marked contrast to the environment of other projects which BHP had recently been involved in, such as the Minerva gas development project near Port Campbell in Victoria. Where the major focus of Minerva community consultation had been to address community concern about the environmental effects of the project and the impact of industrial development on the inherent lifestyle values of the area; the Moura community consultation program focussed on direct impacts on immediate neighbours and water resources, while the broader community debate was about employment opportunity, rebuilding the resources of the local community, and what can we do to make sure this project goes ahead?Whether the community supports industrial development or otherwise, community consultation is still an essential element of project planning. The issues will vary enormously from community to community-the focus will not always be on green issues. The key is to listen generously to the community and respond in a manner that genuinely recognises and addresses its particular issues.

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Perera, Kithsiri, Ryutaro Tateishi, Kondho Akihiko, and Srikantha Herath. "A Combined Approach of Remote Sensing, GIS, and Social Media to Create and Disseminate Bushfire Warning Contents to Rural Australia." Earth 2, no. 4 (October 6, 2021): 715–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/earth2040042.

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Bushfires are an integral part of the forest regeneration cycle in Australia. However, from the perspective of a natural disaster, the impact of bushfires on human settlements and the environment is massive. In Australia, bushfires are the most disastrous natural hazards. According to the records of the Parliament of Australia, the recent catastrophic bushfires in NSW and Victoria burnt out over 10 million hectares of land, a figure more significant than any previous bushfire damage on record. After the deadly 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, which killed 173 people in Victoria, public attention to bushfires reached a new peak. Due to the disastrous consequences of bushfires, scientists have explored various methods to mitigate or even avoid bushfire damage, including the use of bushfire alerts. The present study adds satellite imagery and GIS-based semi-real-time bushfire contents to various bushfire warnings issued by government authorities. The new product will disseminate graphical bushfire contents to rural Australians through social media, using Google Maps. This low-cost Media GIS content can be delivered through highly popular smartphone networks in Australia through social media (Facebook and Twitter). We expect its success to encourage people to participate in disaster mitigation efforts as contributors in a participatory GIS network. This paper presents a case study to demonstrate the production process and the quality of media GIS content and further discusses the potential of using social media through the mobile network of Australia while paying attention to mobile blackspots. Media GIS content has the potential to link with the public information systems of local fire management services, disseminate contents through a mobile app, and develop into a fully automated media GIS content system to expand the service beyond bushfires.

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Tunny, Noeleen. "I Hung Five Posters This Week, is That My Health Promotion Done?' Developing a Framework for Health Promotion Outputs." Australian Journal of Primary Health 6, no. 1 (2000): 97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py00010.

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In health promotion, there is a pressing need for a reporting system, based on measures of output and worker productivity, to assist organisations funding health promotion and enable the management of health promotion activity to proceed on rational lines. Evidence exists to suggest some growth in government support for health promotion at both Commonwealth and state levels. Victoria, for example, has allocated funds to establish Regional Health Promotion Manager positions. Health promotion is explicitly mentioned in documents, such as the Primary Health Program Guidelines-1999/2000 (Co-ordinated Care Branch, 1999), with the expectation that 20% of community health resources are allocated to promoting better health. Currently, there are no standard criteria that can be used to guide, count or assess health promotion activities. This has implications for workers whose productivity can be questioned and for managers who lack guidance in staff deployment. For corporate management, an inability to measure health promotion is an accountability issue. Development of practical tools for determining whether funds allocated to health promotion are achieving health outcomes is a high priority. The purpose of this paper is to explore one aspect of concern in health promotion infrastructure: the absence of adequate output measures for health promotion and its impact on the implementation of health promotion at the local level. A review of the literature is used to generate the basis of a framework for measurement of health promotion outputs in relation to workers' activity levels.

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Muyingo Ali and Mukadasi Buyinza. "The social-demographics and effects of unsustainable extraction and fish handling in Rukundo village, Buikwe District, Central Uganda." International Journal of Life Science Research Archive 3, no. 2 (December 30, 2022): 216–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.53771/ijlsra.2022.3.2.0151.

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The fisheries of Lake Victoria have undergone a dramatic transformation during the last two decades. From being a locally based fishery with little intervention and capital investment from outside, the present fishery is dominated by national and international capital penetrating the industry. It is the explosion in the growth of Nile perch and the strong demand developed for this fish in the global markets, which have transformed the fisheries of Lake Victoria. This study evaluated the effect of social demographics of the fishing community and the unsustainable extraction and fish handling at Rukondo Village in Buikwe District. The specific objectives of the study were; to document the social-demographics of the fishing community; examine the fish handling and processing methods; and estimate the effect and damage on fish during extraction and handling methods. The study used descriptive longitudinal approach, both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection was used to collect data from a sample of 2 fishery zones with 50 household per local private sector approximately to 70 households with in the area. Questionnaires were administered to the selected fishermen and fish traders who were selected using purposive and stratified simple random sampling. The information obtained was coded and entered in a database utilising the software package; the data were then converted into SPSS V.8.0 system files for processing and preliminary analysis. The study shows that tilapia and Nile perch are the common fish species traded in the study area. Some fishers who resort to bad fishing methods do it for their survival since they are poor, unemployed and cannot afford the legal gears, which are too expensive for them. The lack of a comprehensive law on fishing is also making it possible for illegal nets and poison to be used. The policy recommendation is that the government should focus on establishment and new extraction and handling techniques in fish farming which will help the majority of the fishermen involved in fishing out of the poverty cycle due to high profit margins accruing from fish farming. The loses and damage should be better integrated into the Fisheries Resource Co-management institutions on the Lake Victoria so as to provide technical advice and affordable solutions to fishermen in order to improve on the fish extraction and handling techniques.

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Millar, Joanne Elaine, Helen Boon, and David King. "Do wildfire experiences influence views on climate change?" International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 7, no. 2 (May 18, 2015): 124–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm-08-2013-0106.

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Purpose – This paper aims to explore the influence of wildfire events on community perceptions of climate change and the risk of future wildfire disasters in southern Australia. Design/methodology/approach – The study was located around Beechworth in northeast Victoria, where wildfires occurred in 2003 and 2009. Semi-structured qualitative interviews and focus group interviews were conducted in 2010, involving 40 people from local businesses, government and property owners. Findings – The authors conclude that people’s experiences of recent consecutive wildfire events did not necessarily influence their views on climate change in general or as a causal agent of wildfire events. However, there was general agreement that weather conditions had been extreme in recent times. Some attributed the increase in wildfires to factors other than climate change that were more easily observed. Research limitations/implications – Further research is needed into the relationship between wildfire experiences, climate change views and adaptive behaviours across a wider range of social contexts. Research needs to determine if views and behaviours change over time or with frequency or severity of fires. Practical implications – Understanding the nature of potential wildfires, and being able to prepare and respond to such events, is more important than believing in climate change, as views may not change in response to fire events. Strategies need to focus on supporting people to prepare, respond and recover from wildfires, regardless of their climate change perceptions. Social implications – Paying attention to people’s local social context and how it influences their beliefs about climate change will allow sensitive and adaptive strategies to evolve over time. Originality/value – There is limited research into relationships between disaster experiences and perceptions of climate change, particularly the influence of wildfire experiences.

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Van Gramberg, Bernadine, and Julian Teicher. "Managerialism in local government – Victoria, Australia." International Journal of Public Sector Management 13, no. 5 (September 2000): 476–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513550010350869.

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Kloot, Louise. "Using Local Government Corporate Plans in Victoria." Australian Journal of Public Administration 60, no. 4 (December 2001): 17–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.00238.

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Frederickson, H. George, and Rosemary O’Leary. "Local Government Management." American Review of Public Administration 44, no. 4_suppl (June 4, 2014): 3S—10S. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0275074014534765.

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Wilson, John, and Alan Doig. "Local Government Management." Public Management: An International Journal of Research and Theory 2, no. 1 (March 2000): 57–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14719030000000004.

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James, Sarah. "Aboriginal People, Local Government, and Public Drunkenness in Victoria." Humanity & Society 18, no. 1 (February 1994): 39–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016059769401800104.

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Rahman, Hakikur. "Local E-Government Management." International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development 1, no. 2 (April 2009): 48–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jicthd.2009040103.

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Atkinson, Christopher L. "Local Government Emergency Management." Encyclopedia 3, no. 1 (December 24, 2022): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia3010001.

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According to the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), emergency management is “charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to threats/hazards and cope with disasters” (FEMA, n.d.). Local government emergency management involves the efforts of municipalities, cities, counties, and special government entities in responding to threats/hazards and coping with emergencies.

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Savini, Emanuela, and Bligh Grant. "Legislating deliberative engagement: Is local government in Victoria willing and able?" Australian Journal of Public Administration 79, no. 4 (March 19, 2020): 514–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12420.

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Hamidovic, Nusret. "MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT." Defendology 15, no. 32 (October 3, 2012): 83–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.5570/dfnd.en.1232.06.

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Berman, Evan M., and Jonathan P. West. "Values Management in Local Government." Review of Public Personnel Administration 14, no. 1 (January 1994): 6–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734371x9401400102.

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Steccolini, Ileana. "Financial management for local government." European Accounting Review 19, no. 2 (June 2010): 385–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2010.486148.

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Pendlebury, M. W. "MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT." Financial Accountability and Management 10, no. 2 (May 1994): 117–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0408.1994.tb00148.x.

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Kłak, Krzysztof. "Management of local government finances." Studia Administracyjne 15, no. 1 (2022): 61–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.18276/sa.2022.15-05.

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Mercer, David, and Benjamin Jotkowitz. "Local Agenda 21 and Barriers to Sustainability at the Local Government Level in Victoria, Australia." Australian Geographer 31, no. 2 (July 2000): 163–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713612242.

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Durrington, Learne. "Localising Human Services: A History of Local Government Human Services in Victoria." Australian Social Work 62, no. 1 (March 2009): 123–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03124070902800505.

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O’FLYNN, JANINE, and JOHN ALFORD. "THE SEPARATION/SPECIFICATION DILEMMA IN CONTRACTING: THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE IN VICTORIA." Public Administration 86, no. 1 (March 2008): 205–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2007.00708.x.

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Rayner, Julie, and Alan Lawton. "Are We Being Served? Emotional Labour in Local Government in Victoria, Australia." Australian Journal of Public Administration 77, no. 3 (October 15, 2017): 360–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8500.12282.

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Beed, Clive, and Patrick Moriarty. "How Convincing was the Economic Case for Restructuring Local Government in Victoria?" Urban Policy and Research 5, no. 3 (September 1987): 117–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08111148708551304.

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Cradduck, Lucy, Georgia Warren-Myers, and Bianca Stringer. "Courts’ views on climate change inundation risks for developments: Australian perspectives and considerations for valuers." Journal of European Real Estate Research 13, no. 3 (June 18, 2020): 435–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jerer-03-2020-0019.

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Purpose This study aims to provide a development of the courts’ views of climate change risk in planning matters as related to inundation and suggest that valuers and others involved need to be aware of the implications these views have on property matters and valuation processes and reporting. Design/methodology/approach This study engages in a legal doctrinal analysis of primary law sources, being Australian case law. It analyses decisions from Queensland, New South Wales and Victorian courts and tribunals, to establish their views of climate change risk for coastal area developments, who bears the risk and responsibility and if risk is shared. Findings The analysis reflects that developers bear the onus of proving their proposal meets relevant planning requirements including management and mitigation of climate change risks. However, the risk of developing in “at risk” areas is a shared burden, as local government authorities remain responsible for appropriately assessing applications against those requirements. Research limitations/implications This study had several limitations, these included: only matters with a final determination were able to be reviewed and analysed; there is no one Australia-wide planning regime; state laws and policies are different and changing; and disputes are heard in different courts or tribunals, which can impact the weight and importance given to issues and the consistency of approaches. Practical implications This research informs valuers of climate change risk issues related to the inundation of new, and re-, developments, and the importance of court decisions as an additional information consideration to inform their valuations. Originality/value This paper is significant as it provides an understanding of the Australian courts’ current views on climate change risk, and by extension, the implications and considerations for valuations.

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Taufiq, Muchamad, and Agus Salim. "PRUDENCE MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMPANY." JURNAL TERAPAN MANAJEMEN DAN BISNIS 6, no. 2 (September 30, 2020): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.26737/jtmb.v6i2.2281.

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<p>The existence of local government companies which is strategic with the task of serving the public needs and the realization of welfare must be managed properly and correctly. In order to realize a good and right management must begin with prudence. The formulation of the problem of this research is what is the philosophical basis of prudence and how is the application of prudence in local government companies. This study aims to examine, analyze, understand and explain the prudential philosophical basis and discover as well as to explain the prudential concept in management of local government companies. Benefits of this research are theoretically expected to provide study, analysis, understanding and the explanation of the basic philosophical prudential and practically useful in finding and explaining the concept of prudence in the management of local government companies. This type of research is a normative juridical review as the characteristic of law which is " Sui Generis ".</p>

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Drišļuks, Uldis. "THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT." Latgale National Economy Research 1, no. 2 (June 30, 2010): 87. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/lner2010vol1.2.1776.

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The author looks at the importance of strategic management for local government at work. The author studied other authors the theories about the strategic importance of the private and public sectors. The authors has tried to find out who are the influencing factors of the delay the full strategic management introducing the author has studied the customers and the local populations involvement in the municipality work what effect are given to organization on the strategic leadership.

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