ALGA publishes a fortnightly newsletter featuring the latest local government news.
7 Apr, 2022
Publishing star ratings for all roads would enhance accountability around road safety targets, a federal parliamentary inquiry has found. The final report of the Joint Select Committee on Road Safety...
The Federal Government has commissioned further research on construction and demolition waste management and resource recovery. It is also assessing current and future waste management and resource recovery infrastructure capacity...
The Federal Government has endorsed nearly all of the 12 recommendations of the 2021 Regional Telecommunications Review. These include the need for local government, consumers, and businesses to have accessible...
A public inquiry will look at allowing greater third-party access to mobile towers and how these assets might host temporary roaming services in emergencies. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...
New funding of $15.4 million has been earmarked for a second round of the oversubscribed Agricultural Shows Development Grant Program. The new funding to support show societies to upgrade or...
The Safer Communities Fund will receive an extra $50 million to enable new programs that help reduce crime, violence, and anti-social behaviour. Federal Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and...
24 Mar, 2022
A new CSIRO bushfire research facility is set to begin work on developing a better understanding of how bushfires behave and the best ways to respond. Built at a cost...
A new Regional Airports Program (RAP) funding round with $29 million available for airport and aerodrome upgrades has opened for applications. Under Round 3, grants of between $20,000 and $5...
The Federal Government will invest an additional $10 million each year for the next four years in the successful Bridges Renewal Program (BRP). The pre-Budget announcement means annual funding disbursements...
