Audit finds more Queensland councils struggling financially
An increasing number of Queensland’s councils are becoming financially unsustainable, an audit shows.
30 January, 2024
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More than half of Queensland councils at risk of financial unsustainability
Queensland councils are recovering from the financial toll of Covid-19, but more than half remain at risk of not being financially sustainable.
12 May, 2022
Councils steer clear of ‘perfect storm’
An end-to-end service view is among the approaches local government teams are adopting to ensure financial sustainability, write Ben Smith and Ash McIntosh.
4 February, 2019
Audit finds gaps in councils’ asset systems
Local government must improve their asset management or risk increased management costs or lower service levels, auditor says.
14 January, 2019
Councils should consider tender for insurance: audit
Victoria’s auditor has questioned the financial sustainability of local governments’ mutual insurance but MAV says the scheme protects councils ‘through thick and thin.’
26 July, 2018
Councils failing to act on biggest risks: report
Infrastructure, financial sustainability and health and safety are the greatest risks for local government, according to a new analysis that finds many councils are failing to adequately prepare.
5 June, 2018
Indigenous councils tackle asset management
By Angela Dorizas Finance managers and chief executive officers from Queensland’s Indigenous councils met in Cairns today for an asset management masterclass. Local Government Minister Desley Boyle said the workshop was organised following consultations with the Indigenous Councils Finance Managers Network. She said the Government was providing support for all councils in Queensland to help […]
23 September, 2010
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