On behalf of Australia’s 537 local governments, ALGA has released its 2025 federal election funding priorities.
Councils are calling on the next Australian Government to put our communities first by providing:
1. $1.1 billion per year for enabling infrastructure to unlock housing supply
2. $500 million per year for community infrastructure
3. $600 million per year for safer local roads
4. $900 million per year for increased local government emergency management capability and capacity, and
5. $400 million per year for climate adaptation.
ALGA said in a statement these new funding programs should be distributed across all councils, on a formula-basis, similar to the way Financial Assistance Grants or Roads to Recovery funding have been provided for many years.
“This would support councils to deliver local-place based solutions to the challenges our nation is facing in affordable housing, road safety, natural disasters and climate change,” the statement continued.
“It would also ensure that every community would benefit, including smaller councils that often miss out on competitive federal funding programs.
“We need certainty of funding to deliver national priorities through local solutions.”
For more information, visit www.putourcommunitiesfirst.com.au.
