The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) today released a new Practice Note on Long Term Financial Planning. The Practice Note was prepared by the Institute for Public Works Engineering Australia (IPWEA), with funding from the Commonwealth Government's Local Government Reform Fund. It is designed to improve the financial performance of local government by assisting local councils to prepare better long-term plans.
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14th February 2012,
ACELG has released a new report entitled 'Role and Expectations of Rural-Remote and Indigenous Local Government'. The report, prepared by Alan Morton of Morton Consulting Services, has been prepared as part of ACELG's Rural-Remote and Indigenous Local Government Program. In 2011, the Centre released a Capacity Building Strategy for Rural-Remote...
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8th February 2012,
This report, Options for a local government framework for measuring liveability, has been produced by the Net Balance Management Group for Penrith City Council and ACELG to map current research and thinking on the state of community liveability indicator development across Australia.
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7th February 2012,
The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) and the Council of Capital Cities Lord Mayors (CCCLM) invite contributions to a valuable research project to position the Local Government sector as an integral player in initiating and delivering a clean energy future for Australia. While there is an understandable concern about...
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6th February 2012,
Expressions of Interest for positions on Regional Development Australia (RDA) committees are now open in the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory and Victoria.
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6th February 2012,
By the end of 2011 around 40 major projects or reports had been completed or were well under way and will be finished in early 2012. More information on a number of those projects is provided in our latest newsletter.
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4th February 2012,
Organisations have until 17 February to submit an entry for the National Awards for Local Government program. The awards recognise, reward and promote the work of local government across Australia, and all elected local government organisations are eligible to enter.
NEW: An 'Innovation in Natural Resources Management' category has been...
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20th January 2012, Sydney
The Local Government Researchers Forum with the theme of Local Governance in Transition took place on 14/15th December 2011 at the University of Technology, Sydney. Through the Forum ACELG provided a platform for academics and for practitioners to present their research, and to receive feedback. Over 40 papers were presented and 100 people from...
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