Tag: amalgamation

By Staff Writer Four shires in Western Australia have responded to the State Government’s call for voluntary amalgamations by agreeing to form one new local government. In February, Local Government…

By Rachel Borchardt   Amalgamated councils struggling with climbing staff costs will have their chance at Queensland’s major local government conference this week to discuss bringing forward redundancies to cope…

By Rob O’Brien   The number of councils in Western Australia will have to be significantly reduced if real reform of local government is to work, the state’s premier has…

By Penny Langfield in Brisbane Last year’s local government amalgamations in Queensland, while controversial, have proven positive in at least in one respect: some of the new, larger councils are…

By Angela Dorizas West Australian councils are a step closer to local government reform after lodging their checklists with the State Government. Councils were required to submit a checklist to…

By Rachel Borchardt Changes to Queensland’s Local Government Act are long overdue and will make councils more transparent, according to Sunshine Coast Regional Council mayor Bob Abbot. He said the new…

By Angela Dorizas in Cairns The Queensland Government’s controversial reform of local government, including council amalgamations across the state, was high on the agenda at the annual conference of the…