As the peak body representing local government in Australia, ALGA makes numerous submissions and presentations to a broad range of organisations and bodies. These include:
- Parliamentary committees conducting inquiries of interest and relevance to local government
- National organisations conducting inquiries and studies, such as the Productivity Commission
- Political parties and individual parliamentarians
- The Australian Government, its ministers, departments and agencies
- International bodies and agencies
These submissions advance the interests of local government and address issues of concern to councils and the communities they collectively serve.
- Regional business development
- 24 October 2002
Economic development issues are broad based concerns held by many regional local government authorities and while measured with the full resources of the Australian Bureau of Statistics, are felt at the local and visceral level as either employment and population issues. For many regional areas those figures are of deep and abiding concern. - Aviation inquiry
- 26 June 2002
Over 200 airports are owned and operated by local government. They are the major component of infrastructure required for the provision of aviation services to regional and rural Australia and are often critical for the social and economic development of local and regional communities. - Libraries inquiry
- 26 June 2002
Public libraries are key community assets and are well positioned to play a key role in the knowledge-based economic development of the communities they service. Moreover, they provide equitable public access to technology and are often the only access point to online resources in rural and remote communities. - Public liability
- 22 March 2002
As the peak body of local authorities across Australia, ALGA is concerned by the spiralling cost of public liability insurance and the impact it is having on the community. In seeking to resolve this issue ALGA put forward this submission. - Cost shifting inquiry
- 6 July 2002
It is clear that cost shifting over several decades has placed considerable pressure on local government finances. It has also resulted in a number of undesirable outcomes. According to the Commonwealth Grants Commission this includes "...declining levels of infrastructure maintenance and replacement, and increased levels of user charges". - Fuel tax inquiry
- 6 July 2002
Local government is a major consumer of fuel in Australia. Any significant change in the price of fuel has a potential substantial impact on local government and their communities. This submission aims to provide local government's perspective on the structure of taxation on petroleum products. - 10 year plan for tourism
- 16 June 2002
The content of this submission is not an official ALGA position, but is based on feedback raised in preliminary discussions held with a small number of State Associations and Councils. It has not been endorsed by the ALGA Executive due to the time frames within which we have been able to respond. - Federal Budget 2002-03
- June 2002
The Government's policy statement Building stronger local government recognised that strengthening local government and local communities is a high priority. The Howard government has committed itself to a future action plan that would see the Commonwealth continue to provide local government with funding to support its function as an essential sphere within Australia's system of government.
