16th February 2012,
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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6th February 2012,
E-learning offers promise for local government in addressing geographic distance and making information and learning more accessible, however there are also factors and considerations which need to be addressed in delivering quality programs for...
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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...
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17th January 2012,
The Northern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (NSROC) has collaborated with ACELG on a study comparing the structures, operations and activities of various Regional Organisations of Councils (ROCs) in New South Wales and similar groups in...
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16th January 2012,
This paper provides observations about the experiences and aspirations of participants in the Learning in Local Government online survey and associated consultations.
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15th December 2011,
ACELG program partner, the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia (IPWEA) has launched a new 'Communities of Practice' website. The site enables professional networking across a range of areas including Asset Management, Fleet Management,...
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6th December 2011,
The 50:50 Vision - Councils for Gender Equity program continues to provide councils with the support and framework needed to achieve genuine cultural change. The latest newsletter highlights the excellent work Kogorah Council has done towards...
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2nd November 2011,
The strategic partnership between the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) and Local government Managers Australia (LGMA) has been further enhanced with ACELG's continued support of the 2012 Management Challenge.
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1st November 2011,
This working paper, 'Local Government and Community Engagement in Australia', provides a national update on what is taking place across the local government sector in relation to community engagement, and identifies ongoing challenges and...
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19th October 2011,
Melissa Gibbs, Assistant Director of ACELG, was one of the presenters at the LiveWire Network conference, held in Wollongong in early October. The LiveWire Network is "...a group of Local Government professionals with a vision to shake up the...
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12th October 2011,
An impressive list of Northern Territory senior local government professionals commenced the inaugural UTS Graduate Certificate in Local Government Leadership program in Darwin this month.
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29th September 2011,
The LGMA (National) has now published the 'Pre-Challenge Task Summary Report'. The summary represents a collation of key issues, challenges, recommendations and potential pathways forward as identified by 105 Council teams participating in the...
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27th September 2011,
ACELG, in partnership with the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures, has released an annotated bibliography that outlines a number of key resources on the topic of community engagement that have been prepared for practitioners and policy makers....
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20th September 2011,
This Working Paper examines the findings, recommendations and outcomes of nine major national and state inquiries into local government over the period 2001-08. It explores three key questions: what have been the major themes and ideas to emerge;...
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9th September 2011, Canberra
Federal Local Government Minister, Hon Simon Crean, officiated at the graduation ceremony for the 42 local government leaders who completed the inaugural ANZSOG-ACELG Excellence in Local Government Leadership Program (ELGLP) on Friday 9 September.
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4th September 2011,
ACELG has established a National Reference Group for the Rural-Remote and Indigenous Local Government Program. The reference group includes representatives of state and NT local government associations, professional associations, state and NT...
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4th September 2011,
ACELG's Capacity Building Program for Rural-remote and Indigenous Local Government was adopted by the Board in December 2010. The Board has approved a program of activities for the remainder of 2011 to implement key priorities of the strategy....
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11th August 2011,
As part of its Research and Policy Foresight program, ACELG has launched an online space for local government academics and practitioners to meet and to share their local government related research. The Local Government Researchers Network exists...
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3rd August 2011,
UTS Centre for Local Government and Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government, in partnership with SAI Global, recently released a series of detailed case studies regarding the implementation of the Australian Business Excellence...
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24th July 2011, University House, ANU, Canberra
Module 1 of the Excellence in Local Government Leadership Program was successfully delivered to 41 participants last week.
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20th July 2011,
The Centre has launched an online, interactive forum known as IKEN - the Innovation and Knowledge Exchange Network - to enhance how Australian local government shares information and ideas about better practice and innovation.
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19th July 2011, Cardiff, UK
The Commonwealth Local Government Forum recently released on its website papers delivered at the third Commonwealth colloquium on local government research held in Cardiff in March, hosted by the University of Cardiff.
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12th July 2011,
ACELG has announced scholarship recipients for the inaugural Excellence in Local Government Leadership program, to be held in Canberra later this month. The program is a joint venture between ACELG and the Australia and New Zealand School of...
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1st July 2011,
An Asset Management Planning process has been developed to help Councils of Small, Rural or Remote Communities with low populations and limited resources to embrace Asset Management. The Practice Note and training courses are now available....
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1st July 2011,
A tool is under development to enable local government councils to assess their position relating to Asset and Financial Management.
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21st June 2011, University of Technology, Sydney
As part of the Advancing Leadership Framework, the Graduate Certificate in Local Government Leadership was launched in NSW in May 2011 with UTS delivering the New Perspectives in Local Government Leadership subject to participants from councils...
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16th June 2011,
This working paper was prepared by John Passant and John McLaren of the University of Canberra and closely examines a range of issues canvassed by the Australia's Future Tax System Review of 2010 (the Henry Review) that relate to local government.
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19th May 2011,
The Centre has released a major report on the options available for local government to increase its capacity and provide improved services.
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18th May 2011,
ACLEG has released it's annual report on activities for the year ended December 2010.
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17th April 2011,
ACELG is collaborating with the London-based Commonwealth Secretariat and the Local Government Centre at the Auckland University of Technology to produce a book on new developments in local government around the Commonwealth.
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14th April 2011, Australian National University, Canberra
Strategic priorities and implementation proposals were reviewed with key sector stakeholders in a half day workshop at the National Workforce Development Forum.
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20th March 2011,
The "Local Government and Community Governance: A Literature Review" working paper represents the first phase of the collaborative research project, Evolution in community governance: building on what works.
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1st March 2011,
A summary paper of the Second International Roundtable on Metropolitan Governance held in Brisbane in August 2010 has been released.
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28th February 2011,
At its December 2010 meeting, the ACELG board endorsed a National Strategy to Build Capacity in Rural-Remote and Indigenous Local Government.
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28th February 2011,
The federal Minister for Local Government, Hon Simon Crean, has approved an allocation of $700,000 to enable ACELG to undertake a series of projects as part of the data component of the Local Government Reform Fund.
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14th February 2011,
A series of detailed case studies commenced this week which focus on Australian councils well known for allocating resources over time to implement the Australian Business Excellence Framework. Beginning with Hobart City Council and to include at...
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7th February 2011,
The National Survey which was distributed to people in local government as part of the 'Learning in Local Government Project' closed at the end of 2010 with almost 900 respondents.
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18th January 2011,
ACELG has been asked by the federal Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government to complete work on the draft national local government workforce strategy commissioned by the Local Government and Planning Ministers...
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13th January 2011, Sydney, Australia
ACELG has released the revised project plan for 2011. The revised project plan contains details on ACELG's structure and planned activities.
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17th November 2010,
* November 2010 - Overview of Fourteen Excellence Frameworks
The purpose of this paper is to describe the features of a number of excellence frameworks which are currently available and which can assist councils in promoting excellence and...
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8th November 2010,
* October 2010 - Positive Response to ACELG CEO Survey
Over 120 CEOs in Australian local government have responded to an ACELG survey canvassing their approaches to the promotion of excellence and continuous improvement. A full report of the...
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5th September 2010,
Local government elected members and professionals are invited to take this ten minute on-line survey which aims to canvass their previous experiences and future preferences with education and professional development in local government.
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2nd August 2010,
On 30 July 2010 ACELG released a Local Government Employment Program Green Paper to explore untapped labour pools and invest in the recruitment and development of Australian Indigenous workers.
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