ALGA publishes a fortnightly newsletter featuring the latest local government news.
20 Dec 2018
The 2018 Regional Telecommunications Review has released an issues paper and is calling for public submissions from individuals, businesses and community groups based in regional and remote Australia. The Regional...
A Regulation Impact Statement looking at options for different ways to set heavy vehicle road user charges has been released for comment. The Transport and Infrastructure Council of COAG agreed...
How do communities create sustainable solutions to their own social issues? And what is the role of local government in bringing together these communities under a shared agenda for change?...
The Federal Government has announced that 93 road upgrade projects will share in a total of $132.5 million in federal funding under Round Six of the Heavy Vehicle Safety and...
Gardiner Ward Councillor at the City of Boroondara, Councillor Coral Ross, has been awarded the prestigious Churchill Fellowship to look into improving gender equality in local councils. Cr Ross will...
Updated Local Government Area (LGA) profiles by Tourism Research Australia are now available for 215 LGAs. The profiles include visitor numbers, spend and length of stay, as well as information...
Australia and New Zealand have entered into a new collaboration to strengthen plant biosecurity research. The Australian Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) will join forces with Better Border Biosecurity, New...
Without additional funding and a broadening of the Commonwealth’s Smart Cities and Suburbs initiative, there is a risk the benefit of investments in smart technologies will not be fully realised....
The Government has responded to the findings and recommendations of the second review of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002, which reported on the effectiveness and efficiency of...
