19th September 2013,
New research from Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACLEG) has explored the role of citizens' committees in Australian local government decision-making processes.
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4th September 2013,
The ACELG 2012 Annual Report has been released. The report outlines key achievements and research between January and December 2012, and includes a complete list of publications and financial statements for the year. This will be a useful document...
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22nd August 2013,
ACELG is very pleased that Dr Bligh Grant has joined the Centre as a Visiting Fellow through August-September. Bligh is a political scientist specialising in local government studies. Currently he is Lecturer in Management at the UNE Business...
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22nd August 2013,
Dr Tim Robinson has been appointed to ACELG as a Visiting Fellow. In addition to his role at Fairfield City Council (NSW) as Executive Manager (Director) Corporate Support, Tim will build upon ACELG's existing practitioner-research initiative plus...
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12th August 2013,
The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government has established a research partnership project with a number of local governments across Australia to assist councils in developing practical steps for embedding climate change adaptation...
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8th August 2013,
A new report from ACELG compares the various approaches in each Australian jurisdiction toward implementing local government reforms, with a particular look at requirements for strategic and corporate planning and reporting.
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7th August 2013,
The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACLEG) has released a new report outlining how local governments can more effectively utilise demographic and other population data into planning and decision-making processes.
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2nd August 2013,
Though published in April 2013, the federal Minister for Local Government, the Hon. Catherine King MP, released the 'Future-Proofing Local Government: National Workforce Strategy 2013-2020' on 2 August 2013. It is now publicly available for the...
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11th July 2013,
Professor John Martin of La Trobe University has been appointed as ACELG's inaugural Visiting Professor. During his two-year appointment, Professor Martin will be working to further strengthen ties between ACELG and other local government research...
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11th July 2013, Sydney
The ACELG 2013 Project Plan is now available. This key document is reviewed annually by the ACELG Board to address changing circumstances, needs and priorities following consultation with the local government sector and other key stakeholders.
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22nd June 2013, Sydney
'Thanks for an excellent conference in Adelaide last week. I can see this becoming my go to place for research and innovation in the LG sector!'
'It would be great to see more local government practitioners attending and hearing about the all the...
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5th June 2013, Sydney
ACELG has published a snapshot of current local government review and reform processes in Australia and in New Zealand between February and March 2013.
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3rd June 2013,
New research published by ACELG explores how local governments can foster a culture of learning in their communities to achieve positive long term outcomes.
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30th May 2013,
ACELG has published two new briefing notes that outline new information and thinking developed through ACELG's recent work on financial sustainability and workforce development.
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25th April 2013, Australian National University, Canberra
On 18-19 April 2013, ACELG convened the 6th National Local Government Workforce Development Forum at the Australian National University in Canberra. The Forum brought together representatives from federal government departments and agencies,...
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23rd April 2013, Sydney
ACELG has collated a number of key Australian local government awards on its Innovation and Knowledge Exchange Network website (IKEN). This is the first time such a resource has been listed in one place, and includes some 350 awards from 27 awards...
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15th April 2013,
Another successful ACELG-ANZSOG Excellence in Local Government Leadership Program (ELGLP) has concluded, with forty-five local government leaders from most states and the Northern Territory attending the Program in Canberra recently.
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14th March 2013,
Forty-four local government leaders will participate in the Excellence in Local Government Leadership Program for a week commencing Monday 18th March. The program is joint initiative of the ACELG and the Australia and New Zealand School of...
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4th February 2013,
ACELG has launched an online database of community engagement resources for staff of Rural-Remote and Indigenous local governments. Improved community engagement is one of the key priorities identified in ACELG's Capacity Building Strategy for...
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30th January 2013, UTS:CLG
Prepared by the UTS:Centre for Local Government in consultation with key sector organisations, Issues Paper 6 from the Learning in Local Government series documents a national review of education and training in local government skills shortage...
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12th December 2012,
ACELG and LGMA National have released the 'National Local Government Indigenous Employment Position Paper - Closing the Gap through Place-based Employment'. This paper aims to encourage and facilitate increased Indigenous workforce participation...
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