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Forced council mergers: the genesis of the full-time local councillor?
Will party machines muscle into super councils?
NSW councils issue election demands
Councils’ wish list ahead of NSW election.
SA launches counterattack on federal cuts
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has initiated a campaign against the Abbott government’s Budget cut of $5.5 billion to the state that will impact on health and education.
Queensland transport minister tries to sell second-hand train toilets
By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley Queensland’s Minister for Transport Scott Emerson has left little to the imagination on what he thinks about the state’s previous train procurement efforts after…
Salary sacrifice confidence returns to government employees
By Julian Bajkowski Australia’s leading provider of public sector salary packaging services, Smartgroup Investments, believes that business and employee confidence has bounced back following the Federal Election, with government car…
PM’s sister defeated in bid for Local Government NSW presidency
By Julian Bajkowski The sister of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Christine Forster, has lost a high profile bid to become the president of peak council group Local Government New South…
PM’s sister tilts for Local Government NSW presidency
By Julian Bajkowski New South Wales Premier Barry O’Farrell and his Local Government minister Don Page could soon have the most formidable of internal opponents to deal with when it…
Local Government dropped from federal ministry list
By Julian Bajkowski The federal ministry of Local Government could be the first of many administrative casualties in Canberra after the function conspicuously failed to appear in the publication of…
Abbott says federal job cuts of 12,000 will be it
By Julian Bajkowski Opposition leader Tony Abbott has sought hose down rising fears that between 20,000 and 30,000 federal public service jobs will ultimately be axed in a repeat of…