ALGA publishes a fortnightly newsletter featuring the latest local government news.
15 Jul, 2021
A draft strategy to build a nationally sustainable supply of native seed to enable environmental disaster recovery has gone on public exhibition. Developed by Greening Australia as part of the...
Rural shire council staff are being sought to take part in a leadership program to raise awareness about how regional Australia could benefit from international trade, investment, and tourism. The...
Australia’s ability to deliver social infrastructure post-Covid will be examined in depth at a Melbourne conference later this month. Convened by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, the day-long...
14 Jul, 2021
National shortages of civil and transport engineers, urban and regional planners, landscape gardeners, and construction project managers are forecast to last well into the future. The 2021 Skills Priority List...
The Federal and Queensland Governments have agreed to invest $20 million each in the Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF). With Queensland industry set to match that $40 million amount, there will...
The City of Cockburn will install a fringing reef off a beach south of Fremantle in what it is describing as a unique coastal management trial. Engineered reef modules totalling...
The Productivity Commission will hold public hearings in Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne from 19 July as part of its “right to repair” inquiry. The commission has been asked to look...
Voting options for NSW’s local government elections are being widened as authorities try to bring a Covid-19 outbreak in Sydney under control. Changes to local government regulations announced on 9...
A new federal parliamentary committee inquiry into how to reduce trauma and deaths on Australian roads will focus on heavy vehicles and the gig economy. The Joint Select Committee on...
