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The Mary Cairncross Rainforest Discovery Centre respects and incorporates the local landscape. Guymer Bailey/Scott Burrows, Author provided Laurel Johnson, The University of Queensland Our collective retreat to the safety of our homes during the COVID-19 lockdown has provoked an awakening to the value of local areas for work, play and […]
[Source: Government News, 6 July 2020] A new portal providing searchable financial information including councillor expenses and procurement contracts has gone live at Ipswich City Council. Mayor Teresa Harding In a first for local government in Australia, more than six gigabytes of data has been published to the Transparency and Integrity […]
This document is an good summary of the latest changes to the Local Government Act and Local Government Regulations and well worth a read. It begins with a high-level summary of the rolling reforms, for background and context, and then provides more detail on the local government amendments within the […]
Local government is concerned its voice on national decisions will be diminished after Prime Minister Scott Morrison said COAG will be abolished and replaced with the national cabinet. “COAG is no more,” Mr Morrison told a press conference on Friday. He said the national cabinet, initially established in response to […]
On 28 November 2019, the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, the Hon Yvette D’Ath MP, introduced the Electoral and Other Legislation (Accountability, Integrity and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2019 into the Legislative Assembly. In accordance with Standing Order 131, the Bill was referred to the Economics and Governance Committee (EGC) for […]