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  • Whitehorse City Council

    Whitehorse City Council

  • Financial Assistance Grants paid out

    Financial Assistance Grants paid out

    Local governments around the country have received a $575 million boost after the Australian Government made the fourth quarterly round of payments under its four-year…

  • Pensioner concessions covered

    Pensioner concessions covered

    The Local Government Association of South Australia’s (LGASA) campaign to protect South Australia’s pensioners from bill shock, has had a winning outcome with the State…

  • Council calls heeded in WA state budget

    Council calls heeded in WA state budget

    The WA Local Government Association (WALGA) has announced it believes that local governments have been spared some of the more serious consequences of the State’s…

  • LGANT welcomes $33.2 million of funding

    LGANT welcomes $33.2 million of funding

    LGANT President Damien Ryan has welcomed the $33.2 million of untied federal funding for local government in the Northern Territory as part of the fourth…

  • Pushing the button on problem gambling

    Pushing the button on problem gambling

    With an average of $662 lost to pokies per person in Hobsons Bay each year, Council is taking action on problem gambling. At a recent…

  • Round two of the National Stronger Regions Fund open

    Round two of the National Stronger Regions Fund open

    Local councils and incorporated not-for-profit organisations can now apply for funding of between $20,000 and $10 million for capital infrastructure projects under Round Two of…

  • Council funding to support disability infrastructure

    Council funding to support disability infrastructure

    Local Governments in Western Australia will be able to apply for funding to support new infrastructure designed to assist people with a disability. A total…

  • Take the pledge for Fatality Free Friday

    Take the pledge for Fatality Free Friday

    The Fatality Free Friday campaign is an initiative to bring attention to the role people can all play in making Australia’s roads safer every day…

  • National Sorry Day 2015

    National Sorry Day 2015

    Parramatta City Council has held a flag raising ceremony to commemorate National Sorry Day today, Tuesday May 26. The event included a traditional smoking ceremony…

  • National Simultaneous Storytime

    National Simultaneous Storytime

    Australia’s largest storytelling session was held today, Wednesday May 27, with a picture book read simultaneously at over 3000 locations throughout the country. The ‘National…

  • New LGMA National President announced

    New LGMA National President announced

    Local Government Managers Australia (LGMA) National has named Dr Shayne Silcox as the 2015 LGMA National Board president, with predecessor Mark Wither’s 12-month presidency complete.…

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