ALGA publishes a fortnightly newsletter featuring the latest local government news.
8 Jul 2018
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has released three participant booklets to support current and future NDIS participants, their families and carers throughout their NDIS journey. A key recommendation of...
For National Child Protection Week, Australia’s leading child protection advocate, Bravehearts, has launched its free Personal Safety Parents’ Guide to help Australian parents better protect their children. The guide can...
Local governments and interested parties are invited to make a submission to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC)’s review of an application for re-authorisation of AgStewardship’s drumMUSTER and ChemClear...
On 27 April 2018, Commonwealth, state and territory environment ministers and the President of the Australian Local Government Association committed to set a sustainable path for Australia’s recyclable waste. Ministers...
New technology – and the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ – are having a dramatic societal impact. Globally, efforts are underway to respond to this and an Australian perspective is important. The...
5 Jul 2018
New economic modelling released by Infrastructure Australia shows that introducing incentive payments to encourage the states and territories to progress nation-shaping infrastructure reforms could boost the economy by $66 billion and...
A new Parliamentary inquiry will examine the Commonwealth Government’s management of (PFAS) contamination in and around Defence bases. The inquiry will be conducted by the PFAS Sub-Committee of Parliament’s Joint...
Nominations are now open for the 2018 Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards. The awards recognise and reward good practice in the prevention and reduction of violence and other types...
Latest research from the Office of the eSafety Commissioner has revealed that around 2.7 million Australians aged 50 years and over have little or no engagement with the online world....
