Category: Politics

Queensland local councillors now have social media guidelines designed to protect them against themselves.

There is much more to do in terms of digitising transaction and services, and I will be working closely with my cabinet colleagues to ensure the citizen remains front of mind.

South Gippsland Shire Council has been given two weeks to argue why it shouldn’t be suspended.

A public policy expert says public discontent from forced council mergers remains a key issue for the NSW election.

The NSW election will be a pivotal one for local government, the head of the state’s peak body for councils says.

Queensland councils are preparing for a suite of reforms after the state government announced a shake-up of the sector aimed at stamping out corruption.

As Australian governments mark International Women’s Day, representation of women in local government has reached a historical high point.

Australians have a strong connection to their local councils despite public confidence in institutions falling, a conference has been told.

The City of Perth, popularly known as Perth City Council, has been a soap opera for a year or more. Now the State Government has had enough, and has declared…

The current standoff over water allocations in the Murray Darlin Basin is as good an example as you could ever find of how Australia’s federal system is broken. The Murray…