Queensland: a tale of two states
Rural councils still lagging.
17 August, 2015Rural councils still lagging.
17 August, 2015Local government likes the ALP’s first budget
16 July, 2015Abbott government finally allows locals to work on their own recovery.
16 June, 2015Sustainability in hot water.
5 March, 2015Councils’ wish list ahead of NSW election.
2 March, 2015Queenslanders go to the polls.
30 January, 2015Councils want to use own workers in disaster clean-up.
29 October, 2014Anger over length of legislative delay.
2 September, 2014Councils dig-in over state government raid on infrastructure revenue.
1 September, 2014The local government sector in Queensland has hit out at the Campbell Newman government’s 2014-15 State Budget because of unspecified cuts to pensioner rate concessions.
5 June, 2014The Queensland Supreme Court’s recent judgement that Mackay Regional Council’s application of a differential ratings system was invalid has prompted the state’s local government sector to call for new laws to protect revenue.
2 June, 2014By Julian Bajkowski The Queensland government’s unprecendented ban on giving IBM new business after the $1.2 billion Health Payroll software disaster will not be imposed on local governments and councils, the minister responsible for the sector had confirmed. Queensland Local Government Minister David Crisafulli has told Government News that councils will not be hit by […]
12 August, 2013By Julian Bajkowski Councils across Australia will soon be forced to explain to ratepayers how much of their money was spent pushing the ‘Yes’ case for the proposed referendum on financial recognition for local government in the Constitution after the poll officially bit the dust on Sunday. The announcement of a 7th September election date […]
6 August, 2013By Julian Bajkowski Bitter factional infighting has torn apart public Coalition support for a Constitutional change that would guarantee federal funds can flow directly to more than 500 local governments after key hard-right elements publicly railed against the case for a ‘yes’ vote in a torrid Senate debate. After more than a year of publicly […]
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