Councils on track for gender parity by 2026

Australia’s local councils are set to become the first level of government to smash the glass ceiling.

14 March, 2019

Will council mergers boost pay for senior staff?

Incentives key to attracting GMs.

2 May, 2016

Budget double standard: Victoria’s local councils

Victoria in surplus but councils still squeezed.

27 April, 2016

Rates time bomb for NSW mega councils

Four-year rates freeze for merged councils.

26 April, 2016

Baird pokes the bear: Alan Jones on the warpath over council mergers

Enemies in high places.

20 April, 2016

Supreme Court forces NSW government to hand over council merger report

“Outrageous abuse of government power”: Ku-ring-gai Mayor.

19 April, 2016

Baird kicks open door to rate rises with fresh IPART inquiry

Four-year freeze on merged council rates examined.

13 April, 2016

Dysfunctional Geelong Council facing sack

“Fish is rotten from the head down.”

12 April, 2016

NSW forced merger reports suppressed

More councils enter legal fray over mergers.

6 April, 2016

Desperately seeking general managers for NSW super councils

Mike Baird asks GMs to apply for jobs in interim councils.

4 April, 2016

Is Mike Baird handpicking councillors for new super councils?

Councillors’ dilemma: apply or be sidelined.

31 March, 2016

Experts reap $1500 a day for NSW council merger public inquiries

Merger savings shrink as legal fees bite.

29 March, 2016

Liverpool asbestos crisis ramps up: more sites uncovered, CEO resigns

Union accuses council of asbestos cover up.

22 March, 2016

Man perms and mullets front Bendigo anti-racist social media campaign

Bendigo Council battles islamophobia.

9 March, 2016