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The Macarthur Information Centre has been created for the residents of the Campbelltown,
Camden, and Wollondilly Council areas as a business and information centre.
The Macarthur region contains a population of around 225 000 people living in both urban
and rural environments, supporting a thriving local economy.
Information and business centre is the next step into the new century for Macarthur.
As our lives become more hectic with financial concerns, health and environmental issues,
people are seeking more convenience in their everyday lives. The Macarthur Information Centre
is the new medium that will allow us to achieve this convenience, providing us with information
on products, services, social groups, community organisations and sporting associations available.
There are 2 main objectives that this site attempts to succeed:
1.A comprehensive information service
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While some websites already exist which provide directory listings on local business,
no one actual site provides a comprehensive service covering all business and social
elements that supply the region.Whilst it is convenient to find a business that supplies a good or a service
that we seek, it does not tell us anything about the business we have chosen to supply
the good or service. Is it reputable? Does it understand what I, as a potential customer, want? |
2.Retention of Business in the Macarthur District
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Most people agree that the Internet has brought better information services to all of us, in whatever it is
that we seek. However, the vast majority of this information has tended to come from outside our
region. A quick look in the top ten websites viewed in Australia each week, the Saturday edition of
the Sydney Morning Herald in, shows us that most of these sites are outside of Australia,
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This is the threat of the Internet, to take away
jobs and social order from our unique communities. The effects of this threat have not yet
appeared, nonetheless, this is not to say that it will never occur. What it does say however,
is that we need to respond to needs and wants of the local population and provide them with
these information and services that companies from the US, and other states of Australia,
are currently doing. We need to localise this information and adapt it to our community.
The one thing these international companies cannot do is provide information on Macarthur.
Therefore, it is with great joy that we welcome you to the Macarthur Information Centre, should there be any type of information that you are unable to find, then please e-mail us and we will contact you with the relevant details.
I would also encourage everyone to take part in the 10 second survey, The aim of this survey is to find out what type of information and services you actually want, if we don't provide it then it defeats the purpose of having this site.
If you require any further information, please feel free to contact us, contact@macarthurinformationcentre.au.com
Thankyou for your time
Stephen and David Barron |
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