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The Local Government & Muncipal (LGAM) Knowledge Base is a Wiki created for the use of and to promote collaboration between Local Councils, Water Authorities and associated organisations. It is primarily aimed at an Australian & New Zealand audience, but users from other countries are more than welcome to join, and are encouraged to reuse any useful information they find on the site. It is a place to post any non-copyrighted information that may be of interest to Councils, and to search for information already posted. There are currently 1500+ pages of information on the site.

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There is quite a bit of information already on the site. To find it you can either;
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(c) click on one of the randomly generated links at the bottom of this page & navigate from there.

Latest News

$25 million Local Government Reform Fund

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At the June 2009 Plenary Meeting of the Australian Council of Local Government a $25 million Local Government Reform Fund was announced.

The media release states that:

Over two years, the $25 million Local Government Reform Fund will:

* Assist councils implement new asset management and planning consistent with a national framework;
* Fund the collection and analysis of robust data about councils’ infrastructure assets; and
* Support collaboration between councils on a regional basis for service delivery and planning.

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Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government

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The Australian Federal Government has announced $8 million in funding for the new Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government. With a bit of luck the consortium behind the centre will be in favour of free & open knowledge sharing between Councils.

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