ALGA publishes a fortnightly newsletter featuring the latest local government news.
4 Nov 2018
The Turnbull Government's 2018/19 Federal Budget has left local government funding untouched with funding in key programs such as Financial Assistance Grants (FAGs) and Roads to Recovery (R2R) to continue...
Warwick Powell is the founder and director of Sister City Partners (SCP), an organisation that works with communities to rebuild regional economies via a not-for-profit regional investment banking model. Passionate...
The latest road safety benchmarking report from Australia’s peak motoring group shows there was a 2.9 per cent increase in road fatalities in the 12 months to March 2018, with...
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is commemorating Mother’s Day this year by pulling some interesting numbers about mums in Australia. Let's hear it for the mums The median age...
Local councils and communities are taking action on climate change in Australia according to a nationwide report released recently. The Australian Local Government Climate Review 2018 provides an assessment of...
The Australian Government has launched a new online training course to improve access to qualified interpreters in regional, rural and remote communities. The new course, Interpreting Skills for NAATI Certification,...
The PFAS Taskforce has announced that the Australian Government is continuing to support local communities affected by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination with a new $73.1 million package of...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are 1.8 times more likely to have a disability but proportionately do not use disability support services as much as other Australians with disability,...
Be Connected is a Federal Government-funded program that aims to help older Australians (50+) thrive in a digital world through a digital literacy program. It currently has more than 1,130...
