ALGA publishes a fortnightly newsletter featuring the latest local government news.
20 Dec 2018
Eligible organisations can apply for grants up to $500,000 to upgrade and develop local community sport infrastructure in 2018-19. The new grant program will support local communities to develop facilities that encourage...
Our Watch has launched a new campaign, No Excuse for Abuse. The campaign aims to raise awareness of non-physical abuse and encourage the community to recognise it as...
The Federal Government has announced that it will trial four Community Development Programme (CDP) Business Incubators that will help remote jobseekers turn CDP activities into small businesses. Minister for Indigenous...
A new road safety initiative designed to improve regional road sharing between large agricultural vehicles and other road-users is being rolled out to coincide with the up-coming summer harvest period....
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation Transport and Community Services (NATSIC) would like to offer councils the opportunity to submit an abstract for its third National Indigenous Transport...
Neighbour Day 2015 recorded the largest number of registered events with close to 70,000 people celebrating their neighbourhood on Sunday, 29 March. Event registrations were up by 63% from 2014 to...
The Government has released a discussion paper on ways of maximising value for money from its investments in northern Australia's infrastructure through private sector involvement. The paper invites the private...
The ALGA 2014-17 Strategic Plan identifies work on national digital transformation, innovation and disaster funding and as strategic priorities. The pace of technological advancement and digital transformation is changing...
The National General Assembly of Local Government passed a resolution today calling on the Assembly to encourage Australian councils to consider efforts they could take to lobby the Federal Government...
