ALGA publishes a fortnightly newsletter featuring the latest local government news.
24 Mar, 2022
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...
NSW’s state planning agency will hold an independent inquiry into how effectively governments and their agencies responded to the February/March floods. The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) inquiry...
10 Mar, 2022
Efforts to prevent, reduce, and treat, overweight and obesity have been boosted with the release of a 10-year national action framework. Australia’s National Obesity Strategy 2022-32 aims to halt and reverse...
Over 540 mobile network resilience upgrades will go ahead after another Mobile Network Hardening Program (MNHP) funding round. Optus, Telstra, and TPG Telecom will undertake the upgrades, having successfully applied...
A Commonwealth grant program supporting community and elite sports events in rural and regional Australia has opened for applications. The Regional Sport Events Fund will disburse up to $1.9 million...
Local government’s integral role in disaster recovery has been featured in a new podcast produced by the Creative Recovery Network. The podcast details how the Scenic Rim Regional Council worked...
Industry forums that support transformative technologies will be in the spotlight at next month’s IPWEA International Public Works Conference in Adelaide. The event, Australasia’s largest infrastructure asset management conference, will...
Our hearts go out to the many NSW and Queensland communities impacted by intense rain and unprecedented flooding, and particularly to those who have lost homes, businesses and in some...
A national conversation is needed about “where and how people build homes” after extreme events like the Queensland and NSW floods, Shane L Stone says. The National Recovery and Resilience...
