If local government used its combined power to solve shared operational issues, councils would be a more united force with key supply and technology partners, ultimately for their communities’ benefit.
24 April, 2019
Regional local governments are disappointed with the lack of increases to financial grants while metropolitan councils feel the budget is silent on growing population, expert says.
10 May, 2018
The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) has released a ‘Pillars of Communities’ report on the availability of services in Australia’s small towns. The findings are not good. The report is accompanied by a Report Card’, which rates how well Australia provides access to ten essential professionals for residents living in small towns across Australia. Access to […]
7 December, 2017
Financial assistance grants unfrozen.
12 May, 2017
Rate cap set at 2 per cent.
19 December, 2016
Digital transformation.
15 November, 2016
Aussies connected to their ‘castle’.
8 August, 2016
#yourratesatwork.
19 July, 2016
Promised savings unlikely to materialise form mergers.
22 June, 2016
By Lilia Guan Special Minister of State Gary Gray has announced a policy that will halve the number of IT services panels currently operating across the Australian Government. The minister said the government’s policy to halve the number of IT services panels currently operating across agencies, will be implemented over a three year […]
13 December, 2011
To meet the demands of tourists and locals Tweed Shire Council has created a portfolio of services that can be delivered and utilised via a mobile phone. In the far north of the New South Wales coast, just shy of the Queensland border, lies Tweed Shire. Covering about a thousand square kilometres it's […]
12 October, 2011
By Angela Dorizas The Federal Government has responded to claims of poorly coordinated social services delivery in New South Wales’ second most disadvantaged local government area. A study conducted by the western NSW Shire of Central Darling and Charles Sturt University found that up to 46 different federal, state and non-government agencies based outside the Shire were […]
17 April, 2009
By Angela Dorizas The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has launched an unprecedented campaign to protect public sector jobs and services from arbitrary budget cuts. A key part of the campaign is a 30 second television ad which went to air last night, claiming that the global economic downturn had put more pressure on […]
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