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Australia’s local councils have remembered Bob Hawke for his role in the 1988 referendum to recognise local government.

The peak body for Australia’s councils has welcomed Labor’s local government plan as a step in the right direction.

Disgruntled councils say the major parties have sidelined local government in their election campaigns.

The peak national body for local government is rallying councils to campaign for increased federal funds ahead of the election.

The president of Australia’s local government peak tells Government News why councils feel let down by the federal budget.

Local government has emerged with some wins out of the federal budget but the peak national body for councils says funding falls short.

A national survey of the local government workforce has put a spotlight on a rapidly ageing workforce grappling with a “critical” skills shortage.

Local government professionals are “not well positioned” in new and emerging soft skills, according to a forthcoming national review.

Australia’s local government peak has slammed the meeting of environment ministers as a “lost opportunity.”

Commonwealth departments and state and local governments would adopt more explicit ‘green procurement’ policies under measures recommended by a Senate committee.