ALGA publishes a fortnightly newsletter featuring the latest local government news.
16 Jun, 2022
Victorian councils will no longer be able to use debt collectors to pursue unpaid rates under new legislation introduced in State Parliament last week. During the pandemic, many local governments...
Voting in Tasmania’s local council elections in September will be obligatory after the State’s Parliament passed new legislation on 2 June. Minister for Local Government Nic Street said bringing council...
A national expert working group has been set up to support government responses to human cases of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). JEV was declared a Communicable Disease Incident of National...
A survey to help university researchers better understand the benefits, costs, and barriers to increasing residential density in middle ring areas has opened. The University of Queensland survey seeks to...
I’m looking forward to next week’s National General Assembly, and with close to 1,000 mayors and councillors set to attend, it’s going to be our biggest NGA in almost a...
2 Jun, 2022
A toolkit enabling planners and local governments to minimise urban heat impacts has been published by the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA). The best-practice resources in the Resource Toolkit cover...
Over 50 sites recorded a metre of rainfall or more in one week during record falls across south-east Queensland and coastal NSW in February/March. Some regions recorded more than five...
The water and sewerage service industry will achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the national peak body said last month. In an updated climate change position paper, the...
A national survey to help provide a blueprint for a “reimagined future for volunteering in Australia” opened last week. Volunteering Australia, the national peak body for volunteering, says the survey...
