by Don Palmer | May 24, 2019 | Local Government
New probe into council spending to push reforms is the headline today in the IN Daily on line news. This spells the next chapter in the push for Local Government Reform. Having failed in its attempt to cap council rates, the Government is now promoting they intend...
by Don Palmer | Jan 8, 2019 | Local Government
Council reforms are back on the media Agenda. But we need a wider suite of Council reforms. The Local Government reforms being advocated however are too limited. They are restricted to one issue only, that being Candidates declaring prior to the elections any...
by Don Palmer | Jun 1, 2018 | business plan, LGA, Local Government
As covered in my recent Lunatic Asylum blog post a claim being made by many elected members in the industry. This includes from within Unley Council. They claim there is no benefit to Councils being a member of the LGA? Indeed, two questions have been asked in our...
by Don Palmer | Jun 1, 2018 | Local Government
I remember reading once that before you can be a leader you need to be able to follow. Can I ask are your community leaders showing leadership? Or are they merely spectators? I also remember being a member of a club whose whole 20 some membership formed the management...
by Don Palmer | Mar 21, 2018 | Local Government
After the recent media interest, it is time to make sure our Credit Card policy is working as it should. This is the recommendation of our Audit & Governance Committee. As I indicated in my first blog on this topic, Unley has a written policy on the use of credit...
by Don Palmer | Feb 27, 2018 | Local Government
In the wake of the reported goings on at the City of Onkaparinga the State Auditor General has advised of a Crackdown on Credit Cards. He will be investigating the use of credit cards in Local Government. If what has happened at the City of Onkaparinga is...
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