Victorian council culture to come under the spotlight
The Victorian government has launched a project to look at the culture of the state’s councils and make them a safer space for women.
2 September, 2021The Victorian government has launched a project to look at the culture of the state’s councils and make them a safer space for women.
2 September, 2021Place-based and community governance by Australian councils is ‘patchy and tentative’ a report says.
9 September, 2019Proposed changes to the Local Government Act promise to make life easier for councils.
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23 May, 2019A litany of failures.
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23 June, 2015Committee to examine Fit for the Future process.
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11 September, 2014The University of Technology, Sydney, has developed a new training course on building in bushfire prone areas for the Victorian Government and Country Fire Authority. Launched last week in Melbourne, the five-day program aims to enhance skills for assessing bushfire attack levels and controlling development in high risk areas. Director of the UTS Centre for […]
2 November, 2010By Graham Sansom A visit to Western Australia recently brought the issue of council amalgamations back into sharp focus. This persistent theme in Australian local government just won’t go away, even though the average population of council areas is high by world standards. Arguments continue between those who promote larger (in population) local government areas […]
2 November, 2009By Staff Writer The Board of the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) has held its first meeting and will begin consultations with local government next week. Addressing the inaugural meeting, held at the University of Technology in Sydney (UTS), the Parliamentary Secretary for Local Government, Maxine McKew, said the centre would promote best […]
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