Cheap government loans for NSW councils

Remote and rural councils may lose out.

14 October, 2015

Community action on council amalgamation ramped up in NSW

Evidence weak for mergers, strong for joint organisations: NSW parliamentary inquiry.

1 October, 2015

Digital crackdown for all 769 NSW licences and permits

Dogs dominate as councils’ paperwork hits 1 million.

11 August, 2015

Survey says 72% against NSW council mergers

Forced marriages for local governments opposed.

30 July, 2015

NSW local government reform blasted in public hearing

NSW council mergers attract more heat in Upper House inquiry.

27 July, 2015

Can Mike Baird actually force NSW council mergers?

Baird will run the gauntlet of public opinion again.

23 June, 2015

Coalition of the unwilling fights NSW council forced mergers

Save Our Councils Coalition makes a noise.

15 June, 2015

Inquiry into NSW government’s local council reform agenda

Committee to examine Fit for the Future process.

9 June, 2015

NSW moves to merge councils labelled a “mockery of fair process”

Local government declares reforms rushed.

9 June, 2015

NSW local government minister leaves councils out of the loop

Etiquette lessons for Toole?

28 April, 2015

Grants freeze paves road to regional infrastructure hell

Budget puts safety and economic growth at risk say engineers and councils, who want access to affordable debt facilities.

5 June, 2014

Panel urges O’Farrell to push ‘voluntary’ council amalgamations

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski A push by the Independent Local Government Review Panel to the New South Wales government to encourage “voluntary amalgamations” of councils has sparked widely divergent reactions from stakeholders as peak body Local Government NSW (LGNSW) continues to argue that forced mergers are not, and should not, be state government […]

29 April, 2013

NSW council powers put under review

By Julian Bajkowski Council enforcement and compliance powers covering parking, planning, health and safety in New South Wales could soon be rewritten after the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) pressed ahead with a wide-ranging regulatory review. In an issues paper released on Monday, IPART has called for state and local governments to put forward […]

17 September, 2012

Local government welcomes IPART report

By Staff Writer   The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal’s (IPART) draft report on the revenue framework for local government has echoed the sectors call for New South Wales councils to assume greater responsibility for negotiating long term financial plans with their communities. The Local Government and Shires Associations have welcomed the release of the […]

27 July, 2009