July-August 2016 Oceania Edition

Business View Australia - July - August 2016 43 Tatiara, or “The Good Country”, is located in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, covering an area of 6,525 square km. Fortuned with a rich rural region and an abundance of good underground water, the region has developed some excellent facilities while the unemployment rate has also been kept at very low rates. The district’s population of 6,700 is scattered around 5 towns which include 1,900 km of roads, three airstrips, four cemeteries, four effluent drainage schemes, two waste transfer stations, and a number of other assets. The Tatiara District Council is headed by CEO Robert Harkness, a former District Engineer, who has been leading the management team since 2002. On his side are Corporate & Community Services Manager Kingsley Green, who has been with the Council for 10 years, Manager of Development & Inspectorial Services Rocky Callisto, a member of the council for 19 years, and Manager of Technical Services Surya Prakash who recently joined the team. Together Council and the management team are constantly working on improving the facilities and services offered to the region’s residents and they have undertaken some very ambitious projects in order to achieve that. Maintaining a vast network of roads and streets First of all, a huge chunk of the council’s time and resources goes into