Category: Education & Training

New NSW Premier Mike Baird has moved quickly to rearrange his front bench by protecting good performers.

Catastrophic floods delivered harsh and real lessons for Queenslanders about how to deal with the forces of nature. Now the Newman government is trying to put that knowledge and experience to work by creating a disaster management training course.

  By Paul Hemsley The issue of safely managing the growing numbers of people using personal mobility scooters to get around town has been a longstanding concern for local governments,…

The Centre for Local Government at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) has lessons to offer on how elected representatives can stay well on course. The role of a councillor…

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski The New South Wales state government led by Premier Barry O’Farrell has mounted an ambitious push to make councils more “small business friendly” through…

By Paul Hemsley The Western Australian Department of Education has expanded the role of its IT services provider ASG Group (ASZ) beyond its regular duties of finance, human resources and…

By Julian Bajkowski The Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sports has come under fire from the Opposition during Senate Estimates over the rate of progress in its…

By Paul Hemsley The National Archives of Australia (NAA) has said it will school government agencies about how to best manage and preserve valuable digital records to eliminate risks involved…

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) has called for money to be urgently freed up under the Referendums (Machinery Provisions) Act to educate the…

By Julian Bajkowski City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore is set to export her controversial bid to transform the inner city’s late night economy from a landscape of beer…