Category: Local

By Angela Dorizas A ruling by the Federal Court has cleared the way for councils to pursue legal action against collapsed US investment bank Lehman Brothers. The Federal Court found…

By Rob O’Brien South Australia’s Loxton Waikerie Council has been awarded for an initiative that keeps remote and rural residents on the radar of the emergency services. The council was…

By Rob O’Brien The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) is demanding answers as to why a deadline of March has not been met to address council concerns about amalgamations….

By Staff Writer The New South Wales Government has announced that it will protect the entitlement of seriously injured war veterans to a concession on council rates. Local Government Minister Barbara Perry…

By Rob O’Brien The South London suburb of Brixton has become the first city council in the UK to launch its own currency, in a bid to keep businesses afloat during the…

By Rob O'Brien Six South Australian councils will pioneer a push to root out the causes of childhood obesity with an ambitious project announced by the State Government. The $22.3m…

By Rob O’Brien Australia recorded the highest annual population increase in nearly 50 years according to official figures released yesterday with Western Australia topping the states with a 3.1 per…

By Staff Writer West Australian Local Government Minister John Castrilli has urged local governments to submit their reform submissions by September 30. Castrilli said reform would deliver a number of…

Federal Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Anthony Albanese; Lord Mayor Clover Moore; and former Mayor of London, Ken Livingston, at the City of Sydney's City Talk….

By Staff Writer Four shires in Western Australia have responded to the State Government’s call for voluntary amalgamations by agreeing to form one new local government. In February, Local Government…