Australian Local Government Association

Media releases: 2008

New President for Australian Local Government Association

19 November 2008

The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) has elected a new President, Cr Geoff Lake, at its Annual General Meeting held in Canberra this afternoon.

Infrastructure funding will help communities

18 November 2008

The Federal Government has received plaudits from over 400 mayors across Australia with the announcement of much-needed funding for councils under the new Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Fund.

ALGA calls for Government rethink on waste dumps

02 October 2008

The Federal Government should follow Professor Garnaut's recommendations to exclude waste dumps from the early stages of a carbon trading scheme, according to the President of the Australian Local Government Association, Cr Paul Bell.

New Australian Council of Local Government

19 September 2008

Cr Paul Bell, President of the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA), has welcomed the announcement by the Prime Minister of the establishment of the new Australian Council of Local Governments (ACLG) in November, saying it marked a new chapter in Federal-Local Government relations.

National Local Roads and Transport Congress

13 June 2008

Speakers from the Federal Government, Local Government and the Opposition at this Congress:

LOCAL GOVERNMENT WELCOMES COMMITMENT TO TRANSPORT FUNDING

21 May 2008

The President of the Australian Local Government Association, Cr Paul Bell, said that he was pleased that the Federal Government had kept its election commitments on local road funding for 2008-09 and maintained its commitment to funding local roads at announced rates to 2014.

TAX REVIEW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EQUITABLE FUNDING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

21 May 2008

The President of the Australian Local Government Association, Cr Paul Bell, welcomed the Federal Government's preparedness to tackle inter-governmental financial relations as part of its Tax Review.

MIXED RESPONSE TO ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF NATURAL DISASTER MITIGATION PROGRAM

21 May 2008

The President of the Australian Local Government Association, Cr Paul Bell, welcomed the Federal Government's decision to extend the funding for the Natural Disaster Mitigation Program (NDMP) beyond 30 June 2008 but said he was baffled by the decision to extend the program for only a single year.

ALGA READY TO WORK WITH GOVT ON LOCAL COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE

21 May 2008

The President of the Australian Local Government Association, Cr Paul Bell, has applauded the Federal Government's announcement in tonight's Budget that a Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program will be established from 2009-10.

ALGA President urges Government to 'reconsider' cuts to environment program

18 March 2008

ALGA President Cr Paul Bell will fly to Canberra today to make urgent representations to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett, and the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Tony Burke, about the Government's decision to slash funding to the Local Government Natural Resource Management Facilitator Network.