ALGA publishes a fortnightly newsletter featuring the latest local government news.
28 Sep 2023
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is seeking feedback from local governments for the next round of Australia’s Disaster Ready Fund (DRF). The Disaster Ready Fund survey has recently been...
22 Sep 2023
Road Safety Ministers’ Meeting I was delighted to attend the Road Safety Ministers’ Meeting in Cairns last Wednesday. Australian councils manage around 75 percent of our local road network, and...
21 Sep 2023
Local governments are invited to provide feedback and ideas for the Federal Government’s National Autism Strategy, being developed to help autistic people across Australia. The Government has committed to delivering...
19 Sep 2023
2022 Local Government Workforce Skills and Capability SurveyA new State of the Profession Report by the Planning Institute of Australia has confirmed one of the key findings of ALGA’s 2022...
Councils are invited to provide feedback on the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 which has been referred to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for inquiry. The Bill...
Stuart Outhred from the Amy Gillett Foundation discussed active transport. Lively discussions were held around a range of local government infrastructure issues at ALGA’s 2023 National Local Roads, Transport &...
15 Sep 2023
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE New data from councils will highlight the multi-billion-dollar impact of natural disasters on Australia’s roads, libraries, aerodromes, bridges and community and recreation centres over the past two...
7 Sep 2023
Win! Minister Bowen attends local government climate change breakfast We were delighted to host Federal Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen at a climate change breakfast at our 2023...
Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has urged local governments to collaborate and partner with the Federal Government to reduce emissions and embrace clean energy solutions to address Australia’s climate change...
