ALGA publishes a fortnightly newsletter featuring the latest local government news.
20 Dec 2018
Coastal council representatives from around the nation met in Geelong last week to attend the annual Australian Coastal Councils Conference. Victorian Minister for Planning Richard Wynne gave the main address:...
More than five million Australians already have a My Health Record, which provides a summary of their key health information, delivering better health outcomes for patients and their treating doctors...
The Australian Government and the Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF) have announced an additional 92 Local Drug Action Teams (LDATs), adding to the current 80, to prevent alcohol and other...
The annual Local Government NSW (LGNSW) Water Management Conference 2018 will be held at the Armidale Ex-Services Memorial Club on the 3 – 5 September 2018. The conference presents local...
Kondinin Group and ABC Rural are on their annual search for the Australian Farmer of the Year. For the 9th year running, farmers around the country are asked to nominate themselves,...
As part of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, the Department is working with all currently...
Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources David Littleproud has welcomed the Productivity Commission’s draft report—Murray-Darling Basin Plan: Five-year assessment—on Basin Plan implementation. The Commission found that significant progress has been...
Regional tourism and local jobs are front and centre of the latest round of the Building Better Regions Fund, with regional Australia set to share in $200 million for local infrastructure...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has granted authorisation to Council Solutions and a group of four Adelaide councils to jointly procure kerbside waste collection services. The four councils,...
