Category: Land management

By Julian Bajkowski The Local Government Association of Queensland has issued its 10-point pre-Budget federal election wish list, putting roads and disaster funding reform at the forefront of its agenda….

By Julian Bajkowski City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore is set to export her controversial bid to transform the inner city’s late night economy from a landscape of beer…

By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley The government of New South Wales could soon be in the bizarre position of attempting to sue itself after the head of a parliamentary…

By Paul Hemsley Local governments across Australia have banded together to participate in a ground breaking new research project that will finally plot out how they collectively use Geographic Information…

By Paul Hemsley Western Australian Minister for Environment, Bill Marmion has announced the creation of the state’s 100th National Park in a landmark agreement with Indigenous landowners to protect ancient…

By Sue McKerracher* Try closing a public library and you’ll have the local community take to the streets in support of this highly valued community service. Just because a government…

By Taryn Quarmby* Major changes are occurring in local governments across Australia. Recent investigations into the transparency of procurement and purchasing within local government have led to overhauls to help…

By Julian Bajkowski State owned utility Sydney Water has named the first tranche of successful tenders in its $1.3 billion infrastructure overhaul slated to run from 2013 to 2018. The…

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski The president of the Western Australia Local Government Association (WALGA), Troy Pickard, tipped a bucket on both the State Government and Opposition over environmentally…

By Julian Bajkowski Property development and finance lobby group Urban Task Force has upped the ante on the topic of forced local government amalgamations in NSW after it gave prominent…