Regional cities collaborate to lure new residents  

How a group of seven councils is stimulating population growth in NSW’s outer regions in a joint campaign.  

22 November, 2018

Don’t let the ‘tail wag the dog’ on driverless cars

With autonomous vehicles increasingly touted as a panacea for infrastructure and transport woes, an advisor says a focus on the potential impacts on people is needed.

23 August, 2018

States announce automated vehicle programs

Coffs Harbour and Armidale in NSW will be the first regional areas in Australia to host a fully automated vehicle trial, while Tasmania announces an electric vehicle program in local government.

23 July, 2018

Noticeboard: TAFE NSW’s digital headquarters launched

Also in this wrap: City of Melbourne unveils Australia’s first blind soccer pitch; Isaac Regional Council opens upgraded waste management facility; and Blacktown City upgrades six playgrounds.

10 April, 2018

Armidale policy will ‘undermine public confidence’ in local government

In 2016 the NSW Government amended the Local Government Act to change the legal definition of the role of councillors in the state. As well as motherhood statements such as being active and making considered decisions, one of the new responsibilities was “to uphold and represent accurately the policies and decisions of the governing body” […]

5 February, 2018

Council administrators: caretakers or career builders?

Standing for election, selling off assets… council administrators are in the firing line.

3 August, 2017

Target Sydney and Melbourne public sector jobs, not Canberra

APVMA debate rages on.

28 April, 2017

ACCC releases Armidale petrol report

Prices gradually coming down in Armidale.

22 November, 2016

Baird crushes NSW council mergers resistance with iron fist

Nineteen new councils, more to follow.

13 May, 2016

Local Government dropped from federal ministry list

By Julian Bajkowski The federal ministry of Local Government could be the first of many administrative casualties in Canberra after the function conspicuously failed to appear in the publication of Prime Minister elect Tony Abbott’s first Ministry list. In a document that provides a partial window into how the bureaucracy and machinery of government of […]

16 September, 2013

NBN rollout plugs into Penrith

By Paul Hemsley The federal government has started installing National Broadband Network (NBN) fibre optic cable into the Western Sydney suburb of Penrith in an effort boost business and employment in the area. The rollout of the NBN in Penrith is the latest in the federal government’s nationwide project to install fibre optic cables underground […]

21 January, 2013

NSW councils in MOU signing with university

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed last week between the University of New England and NSW councils which gives them more access to research facilities and expertise.     By Staff Writer    A partnership between New South Wales councils and The University of New England (UNE) will address regional engagement between the institutions and ways of dealing […]

10 July, 2009