Local Government

Local Government NSW president Phyllis Miller says making owners lock their cats in at night should be a "no-brainer" decision, but animal welfare organisations disagree.

The Australian Medical Association has urged the state government to intervene in a Melbourne council's decision to close a swimming pool, warning of "serious and predictable" health consequences.

The acquisition of about 70 hectares of flood-prone green and open spaces across parts of south-east Queensland has some questioning what could be done with all that land.

Special envoy Jillian Segal tells an Australian mayors summit that local government is responsible for combating antisemitism.

The Town of Cambridge will refund almost $1 million to ratepayers after an administrative oversight incorrectly inflated their rates.

With few public LGBTQIA+ celebrations in Mildura, a community campaign for a mardi gras is gaining momentum.  

A report obtained by the ABC reveals the scale of the blow-outs that forced Townsville City Council to reduce its planned capital spend.

Residents of one Central Coast beach have gained permission to build a rock wall to protect their homes, while in another notorious erosion hotspot there is still no solution.

Two former WA MPs and a veteran mayor are tasked with getting the trouble-plagued Town of Port Hedland back on track following the resignation of its mayor.

Plans for a $50 million art gallery in western Victoria spark debate over class divides and how council money should be spent.

A respected Queensland council worker suffered a career-ending psychiatric injury after the fake email, which referred to a Indigenous people as "dirty bastards", was tabled in parliament by an MP on an anti-corruption crusade.

Councillor Kellie Darley was censured last year for allegedly breaching her council's rules regarding the disclosure of confidential information about a partnership with the Parramatta Eels.

The remote central Queensland town is one of 15 local government areas in the state where alcohol restrictions are in place.

Local Labor party members said there had been a "witch hunt" in Ipswich during a CCC corruption probe into the council.

Tom Tate's consortium, Crestden, has bought the final part of the old Surfers Paradise Bowls Club site, drawing calls for another investigation by the state's corruption watchdog.

Residents are frustrated as another WA local government is thrust into the spotlight for mismanagement claims.

City of Moreton Bay council says it has spent $1.4 million enforcing homelessness policies after making homeless camping illegal in March.

A regional West Australian council is being ordered to prove why they shouldn't be suspended, in the second dramatic country council revelation in the past 24 hours.

A capital city council is employing AI to scrape the internet each day to find every short-term rental — and check if it has been listed without the required permits.

A council in Melbourne's outer north has voted for more scrutiny over applications for resource-intensive data centres, with its deputy mayor warning the significant volumes of water they require could jeopardise new housing and population growth.