Loss of local media is bad news
A marked decline in local news means councils are losing an opportunity to engage with their communities.
16 June, 2019A marked decline in local news means councils are losing an opportunity to engage with their communities.
16 June, 2019Australia’s local councils have remembered Bob Hawke for his role in the 1988 referendum to recognise local government.
18 May, 2019The peak body for Australia’s councils has welcomed Labor’s local government plan as a step in the right direction.
16 May, 2019Disgruntled councils say the major parties have sidelined local government in their election campaigns.
7 May, 2019The peak national body for local government is rallying councils to campaign for increased federal funds ahead of the election.
18 April, 2019The president of Australia’s local government peak tells Government News why councils feel let down by the federal budget.
4 April, 2019Local government has emerged with some wins out of the federal budget but the peak national body for councils says funding falls short.
3 April, 2019A national survey of the local government workforce has put a spotlight on a rapidly ageing workforce grappling with a “critical” skills shortage.
15 March, 2019Local government professionals are “not well positioned” in new and emerging soft skills, according to a forthcoming national review.
17 December, 2018Australia’s local government peak has slammed the meeting of environment ministers as a “lost opportunity.”
10 December, 2018Commonwealth departments and state and local governments would adopt more explicit ‘green procurement’ policies under measures recommended by a Senate committee.
2 July, 2018New national resilience taskforce welcomed but councils seek federal mitigation program to fund local recovery.
17 April, 2018Warnings about the financial struggles facing small rural councils should trouble us all.
18 September, 2017The waste fiasco exposed in the Four Corners report will have wide-ranging implications for local governments.
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