ALGA publishes a fortnightly newsletter featuring the latest local government news.
18 Aug, 2021
Three north-western NSW councils will take part in a research project to address their long-standing health workforce shortages. The Glen Innes Severn Council and the Gwydir and Narrabri Shire councils...
New and easily deployed technology able to extract value-added materials from problematic waste streams is about to be trialled on the NSW South Coast. Dubbed “micro-cycling science”, the novel technology...
Government-to-government property transactions will be streamlined under proposed legislative reforms agreed to by the Commonwealth this week. The Federal Government has accepted all 16 recommendations of a review of the...
Communities along the Melbourne-Brisbane Inland Rail route may miss out on the project’s full benefits because of poor consultation with local governments. A federal parliamentary inquiry into the $20 billion...
A new mobile phone app has been launched nationally to help households and businesses work out which of their waste items can be recycled. As well as providing localised information...
Australian councils are more now more active than ever in delivering climate action, with many also increased their emissions reduction targets. In its Australian Local Government Climate Review 2021 issued...
Councils want to digitally transform to improve customer satisfaction and employee productivity but lack the wherewithal, a new survey suggests. Commissioned by Local Government Professionals Australia (LGPro) and software provider...
5 Aug, 2021
The Commonwealth Local Government Forum has begun a “Month of Mentoring” to support female councillors and encourage women to stand for office. “Mentoring is a proven peer-to-peer methodology that...
This week, it was a pleasure to meet with our new Assistant Minister for Local Government, the Hon. Kevin Hogan MP, to congratulate him on his new role, and commit...
