Category: Peaks & associations

  Climate change is a "crucial ethical issue", says Peter Singer. Image: Courtesy of City of Sydney. By Angela Dorizas Australia has a heavy burden of moral responsibility for the…

By Staff Writer Desperate to raise the profile of the UK local government in the middle of a recession, the sector’s peak body is about to embark on a nationwide…

By Rob O’Brien   The Local Government Associationof Tasmania (LGAT) has slammed a peak industry body’s proposal of forced amalgamations as ‘misguided’. Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) chairman…

Federal Parliament demonstrates "classic bullying behaviour". Photo: iStock. By Adam Coleman   Federal Parliament is exacerbating the problem of workplace bullying by setting an appalling example to public sector managers and CEOs, according…

By Angela Dorizas The New South Wales Housing Minister David Borger today revealed that there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people seeking emergency accommodation across the…

By Rob O’Brien Regional communities are going to feel the full force of the economic downturn unless tourism marketing becomes more targeted, a leading tourism group has argued. The tourism…

  By Angela Dorizas The Federal Government has endorsed the development of a second airport for Sydney, in an aviation green paper released today. The Federal Transport Minister, Anthony Albanese,…

By Staff Writer The newly established Australian Sex Party has pledged to make Viagra more accessible and convene a royal commission into child sex abuse in the nation’s religious institutions….

Councillor conflict of interest laws in Victoria will be clarified this week after local government in the state expressed concern over the existing Bill’s “potentially broad interpretation”. A house amendment…

The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV), the peak body for local government in Victoria, is predicting record nominations in what they say will be Victoria’s largest ever electoral event. The…