News
-
Making roads and making history
Whitehorse Council is believed to be the first Council in Australia to construct a road using 100 percent recycled products. Then Mayor, Councillor Jessie McCallum,…
-
Parking joint venture
Maroochy Shire Council will continue its investigations into the joint venture Brisbane Road Carpark proposal in a bid to help find a solution to carparking…
-
Minister heralds new era for Local Government
Local Government in the Territory is moving to a new era. The result will be a system of local governance that provides for better representation…
-
Reform – not an easy road to travel
The Reform and Development Agenda launched in late 1998 has, so far, failed to deliver an effective outcome in structural reform. No new Councils that…
-
From the desk of the CEO
You cannot tour the other States and identify the best practice models for adoption by the Northern Territory. We are too different for that. Different…
-
Beginnings of a more equitable funding methodology
The Current Methodology for the Calculation of Grants for the 68 Local Governing bodies in the Northern Territory has been heavily scrutinised, and has not…
-
New funding methodology now in place
In April last year, Cabinet approved the revised methodology for the distribution of the Northern Territory Operational Subsidy. This subsidy provides the main financial support…
-
New accounting code – a foundation for
The introduction of a new accounting code for all Territory Local Governments will have value for Councils trying to manage increasingly complex budgets. At the…
-
Territory’s new animal welfare legislation
After wide consultation with animal welfare groups, councils, the pastoral industry, native wildlife bodies and Territorians generally, a new Animal Welfare Act was brought into…
-
Hope for a cooperative relationship
The Territory will achieve a number of objectives with a recent decision to enter into whole of government partnership agreements with local Councils. Director of…
-
Getting maximum value for infrastructure dollars
Cooperation between funding agencies and Councils in remote areas is the key to generating maximum possible outcomes from the considerable amount of money available for…
-
Little Councils?
Aboriginal Community Councils in the Territory have always been small. The Territory has provided a unique method of incorporation for them – community government. While…
Digital Editions
