ALGA publishes a fortnightly newsletter featuring the latest local government news.
20 Dec 2018
Applications to join the Local Drug Action Team (LDAT) program close next Friday 7 December. The LDAT program supports organisations to build or extend partnerships in their community and develop...
ALGA President, Mayor Troy Pickard, has put the call out to councils for proposed community infrastructure renewal projects as part of ALGA's development of its 2016 Federal election strategy. Councils...
The deadline is now looming for a chance to showcase how your council plays a vital role in helping make Australian communities safe, attractive and desirable places to live. The...
The Productivity Commission has released the preliminary findings of its ongoing public inquiry into the increased application of competition, contestability and informed user choice to human services. The Commission’s inquiry...
Victoria’s Wyndham City Council was presented with the 2017 National Award for Excellence in Local Government, at the official NGA dinner at Parliament House on Tuesday this week. Minster for Local...
AMERICA’S Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) has introduced a new tool to help governments, city planners, NGOs, and developers promote walkability and make cities more equitable, healthy, safe, and...
Victorian Councils were focused on economic development but needed better methods to measure outcomes, according to a recently released Victorian Auditor-General Office report Local Government and Economic Development. The report...
A new study featuring world-leading driver monitoring technology will be used to help reduce fatal truck crashes. The A$6.5 million Advanced Safe Truck Concept, an Australian Government Cooperative Research...
The most outstanding examples of planning projects and the work of Australia’s best planners in 2017-18 were celebrated last week at the Planning Institute of Australia’s (PIA) National Awards for...
