The Australian Local Government Association has welcomed the Government’s decision to scrap proposed changes to the current ...

Australia’s councils have been let down with no new local government programs announced in tonight’s 2025-26 Federal Budget. ALGA President Mayor Matt Burnett said a recent Parliamentary inquiry ...

ALGA has made a submission to the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee on the Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme for Packaging (No Time to Waste) Bill 2026. The need for ...

A new $400 million per year local government climate adaptation fund is urgently needed to support local, place-based solutions to protect communities from the impacts of Australia’s changing climate.

The 2024 National State of the Assets Report – Future proofing our communities is the 6th in a series of comprehensive reports commissioned by ALGA, based on survey data from 458 councils (about 85 ...

The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) has made a submission to the Federal Government ahead of the 2026-27 Budget. Local governments are increasingly called upon to address national ...

The Adapting Together: Local Government Leadership in a Changing Climate report was launched at the National General Assembly in Canberra on 26 June 2025. The ground-breaking report uses more than 200 ...

Australian councils face up to $280 billion in infrastructure renewal and upgrade demand over coming decades, including a $65 billion to $68 billion replacement task for assets already assessed as ...

Local government is one of Australia’s largest employment sectors, with 218,000 people employed across 538 councils – a sector that experienced an average of 2.2 percent annual growth between 2018 and ...

ALGA has worked with its member associations and Our Watch to develop a series of resources for councils to better coordinate national prevention activity in the local government sector. These ...

Australia’s peak local government body says the 2026-27 Federal Budget is a vote of confidence in Australia’s 538 councils to deliver on national housing infrastructure priorities, but needs to do ...

Australia’s councils are expected to spend more than $2 billion over the next five years to future-proof their communities from the changing climate, according to new Australian-first research ...