ALGA publishes a fortnightly newsletter featuring the latest local government news.
4 Apr 2018
The Federal Government has marked National Road Safety Week by announcing the continuation of funding for the critical work of independent vehicle safety consumer organisation Australasian New Car Assessment Program...
Product stewardship program, MobileMuster, has partnered with local battery recycler, Envirostream, to offer councils new recycling bins that collect mobiles phones and all types of batteries. The partnership is initially...
Minister for Regional Communications, Senator Bridget McKenzie, has announced the committee which will undertake the next review of telecommunications services in regional, rural and remote areas. The Regional Telecommunications Independent...
Australia operates a dedicated Humanitarian Program that offers resettlement for refugees and others overseas who are in humanitarian need, and protection for people who arrive lawfully in Australia and engage...
The Building Ministers’ Forum (BMF) recently held its first meeting for 2018 and discussed the findings of an independent report with recommendations to improve Australian building safety and compliance. The...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently released its final dairy inquiry report in which it analysed the performance of the dairy industry and the structural and behavioural features...
10 Feb 2018
The Ministerial Council for Police and Emergency Management (MCPEM) meeting was held in Canberra last week. This was the first meeting since these responsibilities moved to the Home Affairs portfolio...
State and territory governments and their project partners have been invited to apply for a share of $72 million in water infrastructure funding for drought-affected regions, following the Australian Government’s...
The Australia-New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee’s (ANZCTC) Crowded Places Advisory Group developed Australia’s Strategy for Protecting Crowded Places from Terrorism in consultation with states and territories, local governments, law enforcement agencies...
