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Local government is being encouraged to support and promote the Federal Government’s new Multicultural Health Connect helpline among multicultural communities. The helpline 1800 186 815 offers people from multicultural backgrounds free health advice in their own language, including: expert health advice from a nurse finding doctors, hospitals, and community health centres finding nearby support services +
Posted 25 January, 2023 -
Australian councils are invited to support and partner with DV Safe Phone to enable victims of domestic violence to have access to a mobile phone. Founded in March 2020, DV Safe Phone works with the community, business and local government to source old working mobile phones to help provide a lifeline to victims of+
Posted 23 January, 2023 -
ALGA has provided a submission for the Federal Government’s ‘Australian Skills Guarantee’ and strongly supports the need for Governments to invest in the skills and training of Australia’s workforce. This submission provides a comment on a few important issues raised in the Discussion Paper and does not attempt to address each question as they arise.+
Posted 23 January, 2023 -
Win! Disaster Recovery funding now available Last year, ALGA’s advocacy secured a new $200 million Disaster Ready Fund (DRF), and I’m pleased to let you know that first round of funding is now open for applications. Only states and territories are eligible to apply through Round One. However, the National Emergency Management Agency wants all+
Posted 13 January, 2023 -
Win! Minister backs local government in Parliament It was tremendous to hear Local Government Minister Kristy McBain singing the praises of local councils during a Question Time speech in Parliament on 1 December. She applauded our sector as a “trusted delivery partner” and “the only level of government who deliver services to every town, village+
Posted 9 December, 2022 -
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE With the cost of repairing Australia’s flood and rain damaged roads expected to top $3.8 billion, the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) has joined with the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) to call for an urgent rethink of road construction, maintenance and funding. Speaking of behalf of Australia’s 537 councils, ALGA President Linda+
Posted 8 December, 2022 -
ALGA has been working closely with Our Watch – a national leader in the primary prevention of violence against women and their children in Australia – to develop a suite of new resources for councils. The organisation was created to drive nationwide change in the practices, norms and structures that lead to violence against women and+
Posted 6 December, 2022 -
Local governments are a trusted partner of the federal government and effectively deliver services on behalf of the Commonwealth, Local Government Minister Kristy McBain told Question Time on Wednesday (30 November). “The local government sector is a trusted delivery partner for the federal government. They are the only level of government who deliver services to+
Posted 1 December, 2022 -
ALGA President Cr Linda Scott was a keynote speaker at the Australian Airports Association Conference in Adelaide on 16 November. Cr Scott highlighted the importance of council-run regional airports to local communities and how more funding support is urgently needed. Across Australia, local governments own and operate more than 300 small airports and aerodromes –+
Posted 17 November, 2022 -
Feedback is invited on the Federal Government’s new draft guidelines for drone delivery services in Australia. The drone delivery guidelines step through regulatory requirements for drone operators and guide planning authorities, including councils, to make informed decisions about drone delivery services in communities: The guidelines are open for consultation, including from local government, until 2+
Posted 16 November, 2022 -
ALGA has worked with its member associations and Our Watch to develop a series of resources for councils to better coordinate national prevention activity in the local government sector. These resources – two webinars, an animation, 12 factsheets and a toolkit – can be downloaded below.
Posted 31 August, 2022 -
The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) has used its 2022-23 Federal Pre-Budget Submission to outline a series of partnership opportunities that would help drive a strong and inclusive national recovery. ALGA President Linda Scott said Australia’s 537 local government have the capacity for growing partnerships with the Commonwealth Government – as well as state and+
Posted 8 February, 2022 -
The National General Assembly 2020 was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. However, the Board of the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) agreed to consider the 153 motions which were submitted by councils for debate. This occurred in late July. Most of the motions were forwarded to the relevant Federal Minister for their consideration and+
Posted 6 November, 2020 -
Good afternoon, I hope you had a lovely weekend! As you know, for the past two weeks, I run an ALGA News survey to get your thoughts on how we could improve the newsletter to make it more interesting for you as well as other readers. (If you were able to complete the survey, thank+
Posted 21 December, 2018 -
The ALGA 2014-17 Strategic Plan identifies work on strengthening democratic process as a strategic priority. A strong and financially-sustainable local government sector is a critical component to Australia’s democratic system of government. Local government is the third level of government in the Australian Federation and is responsible for the governance of the local municipality and+
Posted 21 December, 2018
