Councils are being encouraged to design and deliver more spaces for skate parks, climbing walls, BMX bike tracks and parkour courses.
Category: Local
Council uses smart tech to zap footpath weeds
A Queensland Council is using smart technology to eliminate weeds that pop up in cracks on local footpaths.
Paper offers solutions to regional skills shortage
Torrens University and Legatus Group have released a talent acquisition and retention research paper for regional councils.
MAV endorses local government structural reforms
MAV says the state government’s announcement of reforms to electoral structures provides certainty for the local government sector.
Govt wants AI solutions to help councils with DAs
The NSW government is calling on industry to submit AI technology solutions to help streamline development applications for councils.
‘Ongoing issues’ see monitors sent to Brimbank
Municipal monitors have been appointed at Brimbank City Council to assist with ongoing governance issues.
Data reveals LGAs with highest rise in homelessness
How does your LGA fare when it comes to people seeking help for homelessness?
LGANT chief returns to SA to lead Flinders Ranges
LGANT CEO Sean Holden is returning to South Australia to take on a new role leading Flinders Ranges Council.
Queensland councils in regional waste collaboration
Six Queensland councils are collaborating on a regional waste and resource recovery management plan.
Councils to foot bill for de-amalgamation under ‘cunning sleight of hand’
The NSW government has introduced legislation that provides a legal pathway for forcibly merged councils to part ways – but there’s a catch.