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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Erica Bell Local Government Essay Prize<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) at the University of Technology Sydney invites submissions from the local government community and those
interested in its theme for the inaugural <b>Erica Bell Local Government Essay Prize</b>. The purpose of the competition is to elicit new and innovative ideas about advancing local government and preparing the sector to meet the challenges of 21st century
Australia. The theme of the 2015 prize is ‘Why local government matters’. Submissions are due
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">16 October 2015</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">. More information can be found here
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.acelg.org.au/essayprize"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">http://www.acelg.org.au/essayprize</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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