ALGA publishes a fortnightly newsletter featuring the latest local government news.
20 Dec 2018
The Government has released a comprehensive cyber security survey of Australian government and major businesses of national significance, published by the Australian Cyber Security Centre. The 2016 Australian Cyber Security...
A LEADING road safety expert has labelled the national black spot program a “band-aid” road safety solution that ought to be scrapped. Dr John Crozier, the co-chairman of a Federal...
THE SHIRE OF Donnybrook-Balingup in south-western WA has taken community asset renewal to another level by repurposing an old church as its new council chambers. The shire council acquired the...
Have your say on regional inequality, rural and remote mental health services and the arts in regional Australia. Senate inquiries are calling for submissions on the first two issues and...
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently published a report, Rethinking Regional Development Policy-making, which takes stock of discussions held between academics and country practitioners during a series...
A handful of rural towns across Australia have found a solution to population decline and workforce shortages – and now the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) says it’s time the rest...
More communities across regional and remote Australia will receive new or improved mobile coverage, under a fourth round of the Government’s Mobile Black Spot Program. The new round will focus...
The Government has announced the development of a strategic planning tool to support the Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail, led by the Regional Australia Institute (RAI). Deputy Prime Minister and...
Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister and Member for Hinkler, Keith Pitt, and Member for McMillan, Russell Broadbent, have announced $14.7 million for Victoria under the Black Spot Program's 2018–19...
