Australian advocacy group Digital Rights Watch is calling out local councils over the "surveillance technology, data collection and privacy invasion" that is on the rise…

The New South Wales government will not allow residents of the vast but sparsely populated Central Darling Shire to elect a council until 2023 at…

The University of Technology Sydney's Dr Krithika Randhawa looked at the use of ‘citizensourcing’ by 18 Australian councils over two years, finding that the councils…

The Victorian government has announced the commissioners and terms of reference for the commission of inquiry into the troubled South Gippsland Shire Council.

The New South Wales Rural Fire Service recently heard the government had worked out how to pay for extra workers' compensation to firefighters who develop…

Two thirds of Logan City Council face criminal charges over their decision to dump CEO Sharon Kelsey at the end of her probationary period. It's…

Victoria's corruption watchdog has released a new instalment in its series of reports on local government, which aims to show council administrators what a good…

New South Wales residents should be given more detailed information about how local councils spend their money and what they get out of it, the…

Through quirks of history that give votes for corporations and extra votes to property owners, local government elections in five Australian states are subject to…

The Digital Transformation Agency has created a central space for local governments to seek the high-tech products and expertise they need to move ahead with…

Paul Salmon and Nicholas Stevens from the University of the Sunshine Coast discuss city planning through the use of cognitive work analysis, which was developed…

The Mandarin's Jobwatch is back. If you'd like to be a deputy departmental head in Queensland responsible for local government, that ship is set to…

Unpopular forced council mergers in NSW are now unfit for the future after rejection by The Nationals.

The ACCC has blocked five Adelaide councils from getting all their garbage collectors through a single collaborative procurement process for the next 17 years. Three…