Drought-ridden councils spearhead water collaboration

Faced with a dwindling water supply, Queensland’s agricultural powerhouse, the Lockyer Valley, is bouncing back through a unique council-led partnership.

16 April, 2018

Senate fight looms over the deep blue sea

Cutbacks to marine protection in the Coral Sea will meet fierce opposition in the Senate, and even the ocean is predicted to fight back.

24 July, 2017

Around the councils

Full list of NSW Local Government Excellence Award winners.

18 April, 2017

New York state of mind for NSW councils

Lessons in urban planning from America.

4 January, 2016

Is Brisbane proof biggest councils aren’t best?

BCC falls down on 3 of 4 financial indicators.

16 June, 2015

Australia will stop printing cash to mint local Bitcoin: ANU boffin

Reckons Reserve Bank will issue sovereign Aussie crypto currency.

3 March, 2015

Housing crunch

The Australian affordable housing shortage.

22 January, 2015

It’s a New York state of mind for NSW councils

City of dreams could help make Marrickville more like Brooklyn.

26 November, 2014

Lord Howe Island tilts at renewable energy independence

Solar, wind and storage set to slash big diesel bills.

29 July, 2014

Cut early, cut often: where the Commission of Audit wants the axe to fall on the APS

While welfare payments and tax shifts dominate National Commission of Audit’s wish list, there’s still plenty of potential pain points for the federal public sector.

1 May, 2014

Queensland takes American advice on natural disasters

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has flown to the United States to see first hand how a collaboration between the Queensland University of Technology and the California Institute of Technology can help mitigate and better manage natural disasters.

10 March, 2014

Australian councils share disaster smarts with United States

By Professor Edward Blakely* The United States has dealt with more disasters in the last four years than any period in nearly a century. This path of destruction has been underlined by the numerous floods, tornadoes, cyclones and other man-made disasters like the horrible fertiliser plant explosion in Texas. While these disasters make the headlines, […]

8 January, 2014

Regional councils want High Speed Rail re-routed

By Paul Hemsley The Gippsland Local Government Network (GLGN) has mounted a concerted push for the Victorian and federal governments to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of a high speed rail route through its local government areas in addition to the presently preferred Hume region, arguing that the railway could be more economically beneficial if built […]

26 July, 2013

NSW mayors dispatched to US

By Paul Hemsley Mayors from New South Wales will meet with leading American experts in sustainable urban design and planning from this week to thrash out how they can embed sustainable thinking into local precincts. The local swap of global ideas is part of a “Mayor’s forum” hosted by the United States Studies Centre (USSC) […]

2 April, 2013