WA councils get go-ahead for shared services after amalgamation retreat News Western Australia has given local government greater flexibility in delivering services such as ICT and tourism, allowing two or more councils to form a subsidiary body
What next for sacked NSW councils? GMs offered way to stay May 12, 2016 By Stephen Easton News UPDATE: Minister confirms council mergers won’t leave top executives jobless New South Wales council general managers who miss out on interim jobs at the helm
NSW seeking 'interim' bosses for merged local councils April 6, 2016 By David Donaldson News With the number of local councils in New South Wales being winnowed through amalgamations from 152 to 112, inevitably there will be fewer CEO jobs around.
Reader response: portfolio moves, council mergers, Defence vs APS January 25, 2016 By The Mandarin Community & Social Closing the spectrum gap Laurie Patton writes: Re. “What next for Indigenous Affairs?” A tangential, but perhaps prescient, example of the difficulties mentioned … In 2010
Stephen Mayne: why NSW council amalgamations are well overdue December 21, 2015 By Stephen Mayne Career Advice New South Wales councils are complaining bitterly, but Premier Mike Baird (pictured) is right to push ahead with forced amalgamations given the lack of local
Council amalgamation: getting the people part right September 7, 2015 By Tom Burton Features NSW councils face historic change as employers in the Fit for the Future reform environment. Councils have by now mapped-out, on a self-assessment sustainability basis,
Checklist for council amalgamations April 10, 2015 By Tom Burton Features Council amalgamations and sharing of resources are on the agenda in West Australia, South Australia and New South Wales, and local council administrators and managers