ALGA publishes a fortnightly newsletter featuring the latest local government news.
6 May 2018
Rural and remote communities across Australia are being urged to nominate an outstanding rural doctor for the prestigious RDAA Rural Doctor of the Year Award 2018. Entries for the annual...
Regional and remote communities across the country have received welcome news this week with 109 projects to share in more than $4 million under round two of the Building Better...
In its final report tabled this week, the Select Committee on Regional Development and Decentralisation made 13 recommendations to support and promote regional communities as sustainable, vibrant and enjoyable places...
The Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) recently met to consider a range of food regulation matters. The Forum oversees the collaborative joint Australia and...
5 May 2018
27 Apr 2018
Scoping the need The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) is developing a register of potential community infrastructure projects around Australia. ALGA will draw on this register in building the evidence...
10 Apr 2018
The Opposition’s call today to end the freeze to the indexation of Financial Assistance Grants (FAGs) addresses the challenges being faced by local councils as a result of the Government-imposed...
4 Apr 2018
Federal Minister for Urban Infrastructure and Cities, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP, has announced that applications are now open for Round Two of the Government’s Smart Cities and Suburbs Program,...
ALGA Vice-President and Alice Springs Mayor Damien Ryan has been announced as an expert advisor to Australia’s largest local government climate network. The newly-announced Cities Power Partnership expert advisory panel...
