Not all councils that need more revenue have the capacity to generate it from their own-sources. If more grant funds are not likely to become available then consideration needs to be given to allocating a greater share of the existing grant fund pools to councils that have less capacity to assist themselves.

The preliminary Learning in Local Government program inventory prepared by ACELG in 2010 included a profile of existing vocational and higher education courses relevant to some of the key skills shortage areas in local government. The identified skills shortage areas were civil engineering, urban planning, building surveying and environmental health. Post-graduate university courses that contained...

Local Government Managers Australia National (LGMA), as consortium partner of the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government, has developed this National Local Government Indigenous Employment Position Paper (‘the Position Paper’) to encourage and facilitate increased Indigenous workforce participation in local government. The Position Paper is designed to underpin the Indicative Strategies and Strategic Actions...

The Advancing Leadership Initiative as described in this discussion paper, is aimed at broadening leadership capacity for professionals working within Australian Local Government. It has been developed in response to the urgent need to nurture those mid-tier local government professionals who aspire to be better leaders and make more effective contributions to improved outcomes for...

This study aims to further explore this priority capacity building issue to provide insight to the community engagement practices and challenges of rural-remote and Indigenous local government in Australia for the purpose of identifying some practical options for supporting this cohort of councils to help them improve their engagement. The study explored: What community engagement...