Councils in Victoria are calling for the federal and state governments to provide funding to invest in local initiatives to ...

The biggest challenge faced by strategy teams today is how to handle different timescales and different levels of uncertainty. Many of the vital tasks of government are by their nature long-term: ...

South Australia’s road network is at risk and critical supply chains will be compromised unless the federal government coughs up more cash, the local government peak has warned.

Irwin became a councillor at the City of Stirling in the northern suburbs of Perth in 2015 and was later elected to his ...

Ahead of International Women’s, Jane Redden reflects on how far women in local government have come.

A toolkit has been developed to support NSW councils working with Aboriginal organisations in delivering Closing the Gap ...

Screen Australia has appointed Rachel Perkins as director of its First Nations strategy. An Arrernte and Kalkadoon woman, ...

If it had become law, the Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025 would have allowed public servants to refuse anonymous FOI requests and any applications requiring more than 40 hours to process.

Every Victorian will have the right to work from home from September 1, the government has announced. The legislation – which will allow workers to WFH at least two days a week – will be introduced to ...

Western Australia and South Australia are leading the way in introducing reforms to unlock housing supply. In a report reviewing each state and territory’s progress on implementing planning reforms to ...

The NSW Office of Local Government is being called upon to establish a mandatory framework to ensure councils use AI responsibly. In a Local Government report, the Audit Office of New South Wales ...

Rising research costs have increased risks to the nation’s health, safety and security, says Australia’s science agency.