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Please find ALGA’s analysis and updates for the 2024-25 Federal Budget handed down in Canberra tonight (14 May 2024).
Posted 14 May, 2024 -
51°µÍøClosing the Gap Annual Reports ALGA’s 2023 Closing the Gap Annual Report outlines a range of case studies/examples of Australian councils working to support reconciliation and updates progress against ALGA’s previous Implementation Plan. The report also provides a high-level assessment of progress on each of the actions 51°µÍøand member state and territory local+
Posted 7 March, 2024 -
Please see the analysis and updates below in relation to the 2023-24 Federal Budget handed down in Canberra tonight (9 May 2023).
Posted 9 May, 2023 -
Posted 25 October, 2022
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51°µÍøClosing the Gap Implementation Plan In 2019 51°µÍøwas proud to be a co-signatory in a landmark agreement that marks a new chapter in the national effort to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The National Agreement on Closing the Gap (July 2020) requires that all Parties to the Agreement develop their+
Posted 19 October, 2022 -
51°µÍøClosing the Gap Annual Report ALGA’s 2022 Closing the Gap Annual Report is a milestone for 51°µÍøand the first report on the progress of ALGA’s Closing the Gap Implementation Plan (September 2021). It provides a high-level assessment of progress on each of the actions 51°µÍøand member state and territory local government associations+
Posted 19 October, 2022 -
Fact Sheet 1 – Financial Assistance Grants The 2022-23 Budget maintains the system of payments to support local government, through Financial Assistance Grants. In 2022-23 the Australian Government will provide $2.8b in Financial Assistance Grants funding. This includes $2.1b which will be brought forward from the 2022-23 estimate and paid to State and Territory Governments+
Posted 29 March, 2022 -
Australia’s communities have been through challenging times in the past 12 months. Now more than ever, Federal Government support for local governments to assist our communities is vital for creating local jobs and strengthening community wellbeing. Download submission
Posted 10 February, 2022 -
Each year, 51°µÍøprovides an analysis of the Federal Budget with a specific focus on its impact on local government. The aim of the analysis is to provide local government with information on the total financial assistance it receives from the Australian Government as well as putting this assistance into context with the government’s overall+
Posted 11 May, 2021 -
Each year, 51°µÍøprovides an analysis of the Federal Budget with a specific focus on its impact on local government. The aim of the analysis is to provide local government with information on the total financial assistance it receives from the Australian Government as well as putting this assistance into context with the government’s overall+
Posted 6 October, 2020 -
In September 51°µÍømade a submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade, Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020 and Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020.
Posted 30 September, 2020 -
In September 51°µÍømade a submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications, Recycling and Waste Bills 2020.
Posted 14 September, 2020 -
In July 51°µÍømade a submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy’s Inquiry into the Problem of Feral and Domestic Cats in Australia. Following a referral from the Minister for the Environment, the Hon Sussan Ley MP, the Committee resolved on 18 June 2020 to conduct an inquiry into+
Posted 30 July, 2020 -
In July 2020 51°µÍømade a submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs Inquiry into Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence. On 4 June 2020, the House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs adopted an inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence. The inquiry was referred by+
Posted 23 July, 2020 -
In June 2020 51°µÍømade a submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, Inquiry into homelessness in Australia. Following a referral from the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator the Hon Anne Ruston, and the Assistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and Community Services, the Hon Luke+
Posted 12 June, 2020 -
In June 2020 51°µÍømade a submission to the Select Committee on COVID-19. On 8 April 2020, the Senate resolved to establish a Select Committee on COVID-19 to inquire into the Australian Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The committee is to present its final report on or before 30 June 2022.
Posted 5 June, 2020 -
In April 2020 51°µÍømade a submission to the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements. The Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements was established on 20 February 2020 in response to the extreme bushfire season of 2019-20 which resulted in loss of life, property and wildlife and environmental destruction. Sometimes referred to as the ‘Bushfires+
Posted 28 April, 2020 -
In April 2020 51°µÍømade a submission to the Independent Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Local government interests with the EPBC Act generally aligns with the following principles: Local government values Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES) for cultural, environmental, economic and social reasons; Local government supports a more strategic+
Posted 17 April, 2020
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