SA councils to publicly release performance info
SA councils will have to detail their operations on a website to improve accountability.
2 March, 2020SA councils will have to detail their operations on a website to improve accountability.
2 March, 2020South Australian councils are at loggerheads with the state government over rates.
13 June, 2019South Australian councils have signed an agreement with the state government to boost vaccination coverage across the state.
2 May, 2019Whether council vehicles are operating in council depots or on public roads, new heavy vehicle laws have far reaching requirements for all involved.
22 March, 2019Australians have a strong connection to their local councils despite public confidence in institutions falling, a conference has been told.
28 February, 2019The South Australian Government’s rate-capping plans are facing opposition from councils while experts call for improved transparency on service delivery costs instead.
20 July, 2018South Australian councils in peril over pensioner concessions.
21 April, 2015The South Australian Local Government Association has warned that council revenue could be hit by Federal Budget cuts to state concessions, with a flow on to reduction to pensioner discounts on council rates.
27 May, 2014Rates rises and big cuts to local community services set to roll as Financial Assistance Grants frozen.
16 May, 2014By Julian Bajkowski The prospect of a referendum on direct federal funding to local governments in Australia at this year’s federal election is now effectively dead in the water with the peak national body representing councils moving away from a rushed vote to play for more time to educate a cynical and fatigued electorate. It […]
15 January, 2013By Paul Hemsley Communities and councils will be alerted to unfolding emergencies more quickly after the Local Government Association of South Australia’s signed-up Victorian company Gridstone to develop a mobile app. The company has been awarded a $143,000 contract to build the LGASA’s Emergency Assessment Reporting System (EARS), a project than comes in response to […]
28 September, 2012The Local Government Association of NSW has found that councils will need to reassess and modify their 2012-13 budgets. Councils will need to give their budgets a second look after the federal government substantially overestimated the amount of funds councils would receive in Financial Assistance Grants (FAGs) for 2011-12. The NSW Grants commission advised councils […]
2 August, 2012Emergencies will be reported through cloud-based infrastructure under the Local Government Association of South Australia (LGASA). A cloud-based information collection and reporting system will support current reporting from councils of damage and impact from emergencies such as flooding, severe weather events and bushfires. It has received a grant awarded under the National Disaster Resilience Grants […]
10 July, 2012Potential impacts of climate change on communities are being assessed with draft guidelines from the Local Government Association of South Australia (LGA). The LGA has prepared the model with input from the CSIRO, Bureau of Meteorology, the SA Departments of Premier and Cabinet, and Environment and Natural Resources and 15 Councils. Regional Development and Natural […]
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