Voting opens for national local government awards

The national local government awards are designed to recognise the services councils provide and showcase creative solutions.

7 August, 2022

Building commissioner’s resignation ‘voluntary’

NSW building commissioner David Chandler has resigned following an internal investigation that cleared him of allegations made against him.

28 July, 2022

APRA Chair to step down midway through term

Appointments, departures and movement in and around government

26 July, 2022

Catriona Lowe nominated as ACCC deputy chair

Consumer rights advocate Catriona Lowe has been nominated as Deputy Chairperson of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

14 July, 2022

New CEO at Legal Aid NSW

Attorney General Mark Speakman has appointed Monique Hitter as the new CEO of Legal Aid NSW.

6 July, 2022

NSW appoints first anti-slavery commissioner

International lawyer and professor of global politics Dr James Cockayne has been appointed as the first NSW anti-slavery commissioner.

30 June, 2022

Bendigo City CEO to stay on for another year

Long-serving Bendigo CEO Craig Niemann will serve an extra year after being re-appointed CEO by mutual agreement.

28 June, 2022

Albanese names Betts as new infrastructure head

Former state bureaucrat Jim Betts is among a raft of senior public sector appointments announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

23 June, 2022

‘Murky’ Barilaro appointment to be reviewed

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says his departmental head will review the controversial appointment of former deputy premier John Barilaro to a plum trade post in New York.

23 June, 2022

Bendigo Mayor to chair regional cities body

Bendigo Mayor Andrea Metcalf says advocacy for the regions will be a priority after being elected Chair of Regional Cities Victoria.

20 June, 2022

Joel Fitzgibbon joins forest industry board

Joel Fitzgibbon will join the (AFPA) Board as an independent non-executive director.

16 June, 2022

Chief Medical Officers take out top honours

Australia’s leading public health officials who helped steer the nation through the Covid-19 pandemic have been recognised in the Queens Birthday Honours List.

13 June, 2022

Attracting executive talent to local government

Councils are increasingly sourcing and recruiting talented individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and sectors, and this is having a positive impact on the ability of local government to meet the varied and complex needs of their communities.

10 June, 2022

Hoffman resigns as head of NDIA

The controversial head of the NDIA Martin Hoffman will step down as CEO from next month.

9 June, 2022