LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOCUS

Housing action for workers

Nine applications for funding to deliver key worker housing in Mansfield Shire have been submitted to Regional Development Victoria. These projects, if successful, will...

Planting a future for schools

The Schools First Street Tree Planting project is an innovative climate and health initiative led by Maroondah City Council to adapt existing tree planting...

Supercharging cleaning efforts

Melbourne is embracing 24/7 cleaning and graffiti removal thanks to an innovative new cleaning contract - ensuring the city will always be looking its...

Understanding all gender toilets

Going to the toilet is a right, not a privilege. For many years people with disabilities have struggled to gain access to suitable public toilet...

Mayors welcome safety review

The NSW Country Mayors Association (CMA) has welcomed the NSW Government’s announcement of a new Inquiry into Community Safety in Regional and Rural Communities...

Mayor of the “women’s river place”

Moira Were AM, Mayor, of the City of Onkaparinga, South Australia was kind enough to sit down and answer our questions this month. Tell...

WA regional telecommunications inquiry welcomed

The long-awaited in inquiry into regional telecommunications in Western Australia has been announced according to WALGA president Karen Chappel and CEO Nick Sloan. “We have...

De-amalgamation proposal goes on display

NSW Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig has announced that the Cootamundra-Gundagai de-amalgamation proposal has now gone on public exhibition. “On Thursday, 28 March...

Ministers welcome inquiry

The long overdue parliamentary inquiry into local government sustainability is good news for the sector, its workers and the communities who rely on this...

Queensland housing relief program expanded

Queensland’s Immediate Housing Relief for Families program has been expanded to include anyone at risk of homelessness. Housing and Local Government Minister Meaghan Scanlon said...

Nostalgia tourism is under-appreciated

Tourism is so important to many regional communities. In this context, nostalgia tourism has long been an economic driver in Europe, and now it’s...

Locals employed for Hervey Bay project

Eight local companies have secured sub-contracts valued at about $12.2 million for goods and services needed during the construction of a new Hervey Bay...