Committee calls for council grants system to be scrapped
A local council grants program morphed into a ‘brazen pork barrel scheme’ by the NSW government, a parliamentary committee has found.
1 April, 2021A local council grants program morphed into a ‘brazen pork barrel scheme’ by the NSW government, a parliamentary committee has found.
1 April, 2021The NSW government is considering a covid-19 passport to certify vaccination status.
4 February, 2021Questions have been raised about the allocation of $252 million in local government grants.
29 October, 2020The Office of Local Government is awaiting a report from a council that ‘lost’ $4 million.
11 September, 2019Government documents list hundreds of properties across Sydney as combustible cladding risks.
26 June, 2019IPART thinks councils should pay a greater share of the cost of running local government elections.
26 June, 2019In 2016 the NSW Government amended the Local Government Act to change the legal definition of the role of councillors in the state. As well as motherhood statements such as being active and making considered decisions, one of the new responsibilities was “to uphold and represent accurately the policies and decisions of the governing body” […]
5 February, 2018Pleads ‘extenuating circumstances’
6 June, 2017Randwick Council’s late legal challenge.
18 May, 2017Berejiklian on the ropes over KPMG report.
27 March, 2017Three-year wait for councils?
23 November, 2016By-election blues for Nationals.
21 November, 2016Western Sydney swings to Labor.
12 September, 2016Calls for a moratorium on selling or developing Crown land.
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