Home alone: tool helps connect isolated residents

An Australian innovation could help local councils tackle worrying rates of social isolation in their communities, particularly among seniors living alone.

5 March, 2018

Service NSW’s Anne Cosgrove – ‘Motivation is a two-way conversation’

Anne Cosgrove, Service NSW Service NSW is one of the flagship agencies in the digital transformation across government. In four years Service NSW has revolutionised the delivery of government services in NSW, changing the way that customers and government interact. Customers and businesses can now access over a thousand transaction types from 40 government agencies […]

8 February, 2018

What makes a good council?

What separates good councils from the not-so-good? Collaboration. Innovation. Initiative. All three elements create good business in any sector. And it’s exciting that growing numbers of councils across Australasia are adopting this credo, putting themselves in charge of shaping the future of local government, individually and as an entire sector. For a long time we […]

26 October, 2017

Recycling audit hopes to educate

City of Greater Bendigo has launched a community recycling education campaign.

3 August, 2017

Butts into better things

Melbourne is recycling cigarette butts into plastic industrial products.

24 July, 2017

Bust the regional city myths and look beyond the ‘big 5’ for a $378b return

Investing in regional cities’ economic performance makes good sense, writes Leonie Pearson.

3 July, 2017

Public sector motivation: Have we turned to the dark side?

Burnout or crash through.

3 April, 2017

What the UK can teach Australia about City Deals

Three Australian cities chosen for early deal.

31 March, 2017

Best of 2016: Cash for contradictions: KPMG’s model for council mergers

Model behaviour for $480k.

20 December, 2016

Bike Futures rolls into Sydney

Local councils back pedal power.

15 August, 2016

Big change ahead: how reform affects public servants

Call for research papers.

12 July, 2016

New York state of mind for NSW councils

Lessons in urban planning from America.

4 January, 2016

Men over 55 in NSW most likely to drown

Inland waterways most dangerous: National Drowning Report.

15 September, 2015

Can the crowd deliver more open government?

Online civic engagement between elections.

24 August, 2015