ALGA News


Forced LG merger unwound in NSW | LG leaders briefed on jobs summit | Is white the new black in roofs? | ALGA News 26 August 2022


2022 Local Government Awards | Community Refugee Integration Settlement Pilot | Picnics Unwrapped | Regional airstrip funding | Australian Road Safety Awards | ALGA News 12 August 2022


Environmental laws set for overhaul | Hunting for more own-source income | Rush for resilient homes program | ALGA News 29 July 2022


More ERF funding for mitigation: Watt | Asset AI a ‘game-changer’ | Record betterment funding for Qld LGs | ALGA News 15 July 2022


Our biggest NGA in nearly a decade | LGs leading the charge on beach litter | Queens Birthday Honours | ALGA News 17 June 2022


Call for $2b investment in flood resilience | ‘Sun screen’ for roads | Another LG housing crisis declared | ALGA News 3 June 2022


Regional housing done right | Tooling up for road safety | Nominate your bridges for assessment | ALGA News 20 May 2022


East coast floods bill tops $3.35b | Remote roads upgrades | Labor’s EV charging network pledge | ALGA News 6 May 2022


DRFA money trail under review | Cwth backs public asset rebuilds | The pivot to regional waste infrastructure | ALGA News 22 April 2022


Starring role for roads | Preparing Australia program grant news | Call for dedicated regional airport funding | ALGA News 8 April 2022


Flood inquiries kicked off in NSW | Pre-budget funding boost for bridges/airports | RMF’s new soft plastics focus | ALGA News 25 March 2022


Support for catastrophically flooded LGAs | Shane Stone talks tough | Global plastics pollution pact | ALGA News 11 March 2022


New coastal/estuarine resilience funding | Battery stewardship scheme powers up | How to get to four bins sooner | ALGA News 25 February 2022


ALGA’s budget submission highlights partnerships | Apps to beat urban heat & waste | Planting trees for Queen’s jubilee | ALGA News 11 February 2022


National plastics summit | Australia Day Honours list | Vale Troy Pickard | ALGA News 28 January 2022


Special Edition | Federal election update | NGA motions | ALGA News 17 December 2021


Takeaways from the 2021 NSoA report | Rebuilding our visitor economy | LG workforce skills survey | ALGA News 13 December 2021


LRCI program moves to phase 3 | Coastal protection costs put at $30b | How LGs can drain food swamps | ALGA News 29 November 2021


Preparing Australia Program opens | BOM’s heatwave data service for LG | Submit a BRP project ‘at any time’ | ALGA News 12 November 2021


Spotlight on our disappearing bank branches | Disaster costs warning | $150m federal fix for gravel roads | ALGA News 2 November 2021


East Kimberley’s up, up and away | USG show and tell | WA councils’ mega renewable energy deal | ALGA News 15 October 2021


What’s behind high regional airfares | Closing the Gap starts now | Councils in a climate fix | ALGA News 1 October 2021


New remote-area recycling opportunities | Liveability in the time of Covid | Cwth commits to more Black Spot funding | ALGA News 17 September 2021


Thermochemical recycling options | ‘We need to talk about developer contributions’ | Looking anew at regional GP shortages | ALGA News 3 September 2021


The SMaRT approach to recycling | Infrastructure resilience roadmap | Marathon effort to lure GPs inland | ALGA News 20 August 2021


The upside of Covid for LG | New regional airports funding | ‘Make room for LG in tackling homelessness’ | ALGA News 6 August 2021


Black spot fixes for 2021-22 | Local job-creation fund opens | LG under-resourcing on telco review’s radar | ALGA News 23 July 2021


Stuck in the LG skills rut | Queensland’s RMF funding settled | City of Cockburn goes full-scale on modular reefs | ALGA News 16 July 2021


New funding for phase 2 of SLGAAP | Cth bushfire grants program opens | Why cities need to go circular with water | ALGA News 9 July 2021


Roadmap for gender parity in LG | Post-ban plastics ‘headed for landfill’ | Cash for Vic councils to buy extra bins | ALGA News 2 July 2021


Ley prioritises PV product stewardship | Land banking called out in Tasmania | Let’s hear it for LG rotundas | ALGA News 25 June 2021


Solar panel industry put on notice over waste | NSW acts on single-use plastics | ALGA alumni recognised | ALGA News 18 June 2021


Right-to-repair barriers in PC’s sights | Get thee to the CBD | Councils strike a blow for emissions cuts | ALGA News 11 June 2021


National Freight Data Hub | Councils confronting our regional housing crisis | Regional telecommunications review | ALGA News 4 June 2021


Littleproud, Telstra duke it out | Vic councils face ‘difficult decisions’ | Data hub for the regions | ALGA News 28 May 2021


MRFs in the money | Export ban ‘could have perverse outcomes’ | ALGA’s new standard-bearer | ALGA News 21 May 2021


Slim pickings for airports | Regions revel in Budget largesse | More food waste to be composted | ALGA News 14 May 2021


Budget 2021 Summary | Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program extension | Prepayment of $1.3b in FAGs | ALGA News special 11 May 2021


‘Betterment the order of the day’ | What’s in the Budget | Insurance game-changer | ALGA News 7 May 2021


Politics in the bush: Regional Forum ’21 | E-scooter trials for three Vic LGAs | A gold-standard solution for paper waste | ALGA News 30 April 2021


Qld councils reel under Covid’s costs | High Court closes door on Telstra | Roundtable on housing resilience | ALGA News 23 April 2021


Green light for bin harmonisation | A bird’s eye view of our shifting coastlines | Sending general waste underground | ALGA News 19 April 2021


Moving on NGA motions | Grants open for scaleable recycling projects | ‘Help LG to tackle domestic violence’ | ALGA News 9 April 2021


Gender equality edict for Vic LGs | Roadmap for enhanced water safety | Brushing up on public toilets | ALGA News 1 April 2021


Going hard on soft plastics | Councillors unite against online abuse | Pointers to circularity | ALGA News 26 March 2021


Fiery summers ahead without more trees | Metro governance ‘must respect LG role’ | Poor data affecting road maintenance | ALGA News 19 March 2021


LG misses out in aviation package | No e-scooter trial for Sydney | PC’s planning reform roadmap | ALGA News 12 March 2021


Resilience: a tale of two cities | National Plastic Plan | Council blacklists outdoor junk food ads | ALGA News 5 March 2021


Green light for PV recycling | Rex flags service cuts | Incendiary rubbish trucks | ALGA News 26 February 2021


Sister cities deadline | Council ponders airport return | The road ahead for assessments | ALGA News 19 February 2021


Vale Lilliane Brady OAM | Feedback on NGA motions | Textile waste roundtable | ALGA News 12 February 2021


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