ALGA publishes a fortnightly newsletter featuring the latest local government news.
20 Dec 2018
Virtual reality is being used in a unique project to check the driving skills of senior Australians and improve road safety. Called Hector VR, the Virtual Reality Driving Simulator for...
An Australian Bicycle Council report published this week has found that Australian states and territories invested $112.8 million in cycling-related infrastructure, education and promotion in 2013-14. The report, National Cycling...
Harmony Day was marked in Canberra with a special Australian citizenship ceremony welcoming 135 people from 24 countries as Australia's newest citizens. The Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, the...
The Government’s decision to freeze indexation to Financial Assistance Grants in the 2014-15 budget was met with disappointment across the sector. This decision affected the ability of many councils to...
More than $27 million in funding is available for valuable community infrastructure projects across NSW. The Community Building Partnership program awards grants for community infrastructure projects that: deliver positive social,...
THE SOUTH Australian government has launched a plan to grow the waste and resource recovery sector and increase the percentage of waste diverted from landfill to more than 81.5 percent....
ALGA representatives appeared before a Senate Committee this week to put the association's views on waste and recycling. The public hearing session of the Senate Committee on Environment and Communications...
A new report by Infrastructure Partnerships Australia, Fixing Freight: Establishing Freight Performance Australia, has called on the Federal Government to establish an independent freight body to arrest the decline in...
The Riverina Water County Council (RWCC) is tasked with delivering safe, reliable water to the community of 75,000 residents at the lowest sustainable cost. As the RWCC maintains an extensive...
