A lack of sector data and executive and councillor support for business improvement are among the barriers to improving how councils deliver services, audit shows.
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Climate change adaptation: lessons from leading local governments
A group of councils in metropolitan Melbourne has collaborated to develop a framework that tracks their progress on climate change, writes Dr Susie Moloney.
Final day for free local government digital maturity survey
More than 100 councils have responded so far.
Impact of NSW council mergers to be exposed by survey
Benchmarking before and after mergers.
Reports could show if councils out-perform private sector and federal government
NSW councils get their report cards.
Local councils to find out if they outperform private sector and federal government agencies
NSW Councils get their report cards.
NSW councils denied wriggle room on mergers
Fit for the Future toolkits out.
Victorian councils struggle to measure impact of shared services
A new report from the Victorian Auditor-General’s office that evaluates the use of shared services by councils has found that they have trouble measuring its impact due to a lack of baseline data.