Gail Connolly appointed Parramatta CEO

Appointments, departures and movement in and around government.

3 April, 2023

Unelected & Merged: NSW councils’ sneaky new property taxes

Value capture row erupts.

30 June, 2016

Crowdfunding for councils?

Imaginative ways of raising money.

26 January, 2016

CBA vacates Mike Baird’s Parramatta “dual CBD” dream

Parramatta City Council lashes CBA.

25 November, 2015

Funding: To boldly go where no Australian council has gone before

New funding sources for local government.

19 August, 2015

Parramatta no-fly zone to send Aspire to great heights

NSW government lifts height restrictions for 90 unit block.

25 May, 2015

Parramatta spruiks swimmable Riviera by 2025

Councils go to water over aquatic clean-up.

3 December, 2014

Local governments dive onto Windows 8.1 volume discounts

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Microsoft may not be shouting it from the rooftops, however its latest operating system release, Windows 8.1, looks like it will increasingly be heavily discounted for local governments in New South Wales under Volume Software Pricing arrangements more commonly used by state and federal governments. As the mega vendor […]

17 October, 2013

O’Farrell sends councils to back to business school

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski The New South Wales state government led by Premier Barry O’Farrell has mounted an ambitious push to make councils more “small business friendly” through a new carrot-and-stick regime that will reward achievers with a certificate but also publicly list laggards that the state and shopkeepers believe need to lift […]

13 September, 2013

NSW councils plead for transport committment

By Rob O’Brien NSW councils have asked the State Government to make a firm financial commitment to its latest plan to address transport infrastructure. Welcoming the announcement of the Metropolitan Transport Plan for Sydney, the Local Government and Shires Association (LGSA) said that projects needed to get underway immediately.   “We’re pleased the government has listened to […]

23 February, 2010