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    <p><img style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" src="https://www.acelg.org.au/sites/default/files/leadership_med.jpg" alt="" />Applications are now open for the 2014 offering of the Excellence in Local Government Leadership Program; a five-day intensive course for senior local government leaders. The program is a joint initiative between the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) and the Australia New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG), and will be held from the 21st to the 25th of July 2014 in Canberra. <a href="https://www.acelg.org.au/news/applications-open-2014-excellence-local-government-leadership-program">Read more »</a></p>
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