by Don Palmer | May 31, 2018 | LGA
With a Local Government election looming the Lunatic Asylum is now active at Local Government level. Many in our industry, including from within Unley Council, are calling for the LGA to be abolished. At the very least some are questioning whether their own Council...
by Don Palmer | Jan 20, 2018 | Council
The code of conduct for council members is not working many believe. Scrap it some say. We should repeal the code of conduct for council members. I agree we do need to remove the opportunity for frivolous or vexatious claims to divert us from more important issues. We...
by Don Palmer | Jun 17, 2017 | Local Government
Local Government in Crisis was the topic of a summit I attended recently on behalf of the City of Unley in Melbourne. As testimony that local government (worldwide) is in crisis the leaders of the summit sited the election of Donald Trump and Brexit. To build...
by Don Palmer | May 23, 2017 | LGA
Acting on behalf of our Mayor, as your Deputy Mayor, I attended last months LGA Ordinary General Meeting. A number of initiatives were passed for action by the LGA. Below is a summary from LGA President Lorraine Rosenberg on the outcomes from the LGA Ordinary General...
by Don Palmer | Jul 21, 2016 | LGA
Councils – the lean machine: that is the catch phrase for a new publicity program being put out by the Local Government Association (LGA). In the early days of this blog site I started a similar series albeit, with apologies, not completed. With the recent...
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