Federation paper ‘ignores local government’
Mooted reforms to Federation risk ignoring local government, says a leading researcher
13 July, 2015Mooted reforms to Federation risk ignoring local government, says a leading researcher
13 July, 2015Ageing workforce throws up significant problems.
17 February, 2015Councillors behaving badly
29 September, 2014Councils will now be able to better assess how well they provide services to the community through a handy new manual from the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government.
26 June, 2014ACELG cautions on regional council jobs.
2 June, 2014Experts and engineers urge for more a mature discussion of how public borrowings for infrastructure can clear project backlogs and revitalise communities.
24 February, 2014By Paul Hemsley Councils across Australia are facing an unprecedented shortfall in replacements for retiring baby boomers with the local government sector cautioning it could soon be up to 60,000 staff short unless new talent is recruited to backfill anticipated departures. Around one third of the nation’s 200,000 local government employees are now estimated to […]
5 August, 2013By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley Australian local governments are poised to rapidly become public sector front-runners in using innovative smartphone applications and the web to directly engage their communities in consultative processes on issues ranging from social policy to development applications. Over the weekend, the City of Sydney revealed plans to build apps that […]
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