Report rings alarm bells on local government workforce
A national survey of the local government workforce has put a spotlight on a rapidly ageing workforce grappling with a “critical” skills shortage.
15 March, 2019
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Councils face major skills shortages, national review finds
Local government professionals are “not well positioned” in new and emerging soft skills, according to a forthcoming national review.
17 December, 2018
Councils urge ministers after “lost opportunity” waste talks
Australia’s local government peak has slammed the meeting of environment ministers as a “lost opportunity.”
10 December, 2018
Governments should buy recycled material: inquiry
Commonwealth departments and state and local governments would adopt more explicit ‘green procurement’ policies under measures recommended by a Senate committee.
2 July, 2018
New body to coordinate natural disaster recovery
New national resilience taskforce welcomed but councils seek federal mitigation program to fund local recovery.
17 April, 2018
Small councils to go hungry
Warnings about the financial struggles facing small rural councils should trouble us all.
18 September, 2017
The waste problem is a problem for all
The waste fiasco exposed in the Four Corners report will have wide-ranging implications for local governments.
14 August, 2017
Local Government promoted into Turnbull’s Cabinet
Back at the big table.
19 July, 2016
Tweet your worth, councils told
#yourratesatwork.
19 July, 2016
Local government’s shopping list for the 2016 election
What councils really want from the new PM.
14 June, 2016
Councils welcome Federal relief: Budget2016
In from the cold.
4 May, 2016
Funding is the big challenge for local roads
Infrastructure backlog blow-out.
18 January, 2016
Road funding $1 billion short, says local government body
Submission to Infrastructure Plan focuses on transport.
7 September, 2015
Digital Identity or Online Rail Guages? The $254 million question
NSW keen to export the knowledge sharing economy to Canberra.
18 May, 2015
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