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LGAQ celebrates 100 years
The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) recently staged
its Centenary Annual Conference. Hosted by Brisbane City Council, the
theme for this Conference was 'Building on the Past to Achieve a
Better Future'. Keynote speaker was the former Prime Minister of New
Zealand, David Lange. He said that in the next 100 years we do not
know where constitutional reform will take us but what we do know is
that Local Government will survive. There will always be agencies
providing for local communities.
Editorial
As Peter Costello works to
convince Australians this is the Budget 'we had to have', Councils
across the nation are reeling from the impact various cuts will have
on their communities. The Federal Budget reflects a preoccupation
with narrow fiscal and monetary policies. It fails to understand that
we live in a society not an economy, that people do not exist for
economies; economies exist to further the quality of life for people.
'Local Government' in Kakadu National
Park
Jabiru Town Council in providing services, maintaining
facilities and performing regulatory functions has its unique
moments. The Town is surrounded by Kakadu National Park. The
existence of the Park and its impact on the Town continue to place
Council in a unique situation when carrying out its charter.
Brave new world of communications
Australia's Information Technology and Telecommunications Industry is
growing at an incredible speed. The Federal Government expects it to
be Australia's largest industry by the turn of the century. The World
Wide Web is doubling in size every 60 days. There are 60,000
networks, four million hosts or servers and 40 million users.
Asset management made easy
The
requirement for Local Authorities to comply with AAS27 reporting
standards for Asset Management has been seen as a challenge by
Rockingham City Council in Western Australia. In response, it has
instituted a strategy which will have ongoing benefits in terms of
efficient management and preservation of valuable assets.
Local Government and democratisation
Councillor Peter Woods OAM, Mayor of Concord in New South Wales and
President of the Local Government Association in that State, has been
acknowledged by the Government of South Africa for his work on the
new South African Constitution as it relates to Local Government.
Many of his recommendations on Local Government constitutional
recognition and democratic structural reforms have been accepted and
incorporated in the foundation Constitution of South Africa.
Lobbying Canberra
David Plumridge,
President of the Australian Local Government Association, has
highlighted the important work carried out by ALGA in promoting the
interests of Local Government to national decision makers in
Canberra. The National General Assembly, to be held in Canberra in
early December, will again send a clear message to decision makers
about the strength of Councils from across Australia. He said that
the National Assembly is vital to clearly stamp Local Government's
position in the early years of the Howard Government.
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