Best of 2016: How to survive and thrive under a public sector hiring freeze

Upskill, collaborate, communicate.

20 December, 2016

PM’s public transport comments encourage state leaders

Infrastructure does not mean only roads, says Malcolm Turnbull

21 September, 2015

WA councils rail against rate capping

Minister backs away from inquiry but wants discussion.

11 August, 2015

Procurement inquiry to shake up WA ICT

Attempt to rectify past problems

20 July, 2015

West’s councils cry foul on community sports cuts

Funding sinks to unprecedented lows.

25 June, 2015

WA Premier surrenders as residents reject council mergers

Amalgamations off the table

11 February, 2015

Barnett’s metro merger ‘authoritah’ creates new City of South Park

Perth council shake-up: mergers, new boundaries

27 October, 2014

WA public hospitals hit by rolling strikes

Pay row escalates to industrial action.

16 July, 2014

WA councils demand referendum on Perth boundary changes

The battle between WA councils and the Colin Barnett government has intensified as local governments demand communities be able to vote on proposed mergers if they are “significantly affected”.

7 July, 2014

SA launches counterattack on federal cuts

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has initiated a campaign against the Abbott government’s Budget cut of $5.5 billion to the state that will impact on health and education.

3 July, 2014

States bail-out pensioner rates concessions… except WA

NSW, Qld and SA have promised to fund pensioner rebates stripped out of the federal Budget, but WA is holding out.

19 June, 2014

Conflict of interest disclosures draw fire in West

Western Australian local governments are demanding answers as to why the state government has stealthily suspended the requirement to declare conflicts of interest for the group reviewing the structure of metropolitan councils.

17 June, 2014

WA Premier Barnett slammed by councils over rate hike blame game

Hostilities have erupted between the Western Australian government and the local government sector over State Budget cuts to funding for controversial metropolitan council mergers.

30 May, 2014

WA targets number plates to catch “worst fine bludgers”

Hard-core fine evading drivers will have nowhere to hide as the Western Australian government looks to add a number plate detection camera to its stockpile of high-tech law enforcement weaponry.

19 May, 2014