East Gippsland's Orbost Airport has taken out a national award, being crowned Small Non-PRT Regional Aerodrome of the Year at the Australian Airport Association’s...

AECOM to forge business case for Mount Morgan water

26/11/2021

Crash-proof traffic lights to save lives

26/11/2021

Female-first for top digital award

26/11/2021

Premier heralds Sydney CBD revamp plan

26/11/2021

SENIOR APPOINTMENTS

News

Fifth term for Corangamite Mayor

24/11/2021

Corangamite Shire Central Ward Councillor Ruth Gstrein was last night elected to her fifth mayoral term. Cr Ruth Gstrein (pictured, right) was first elected to...

News

Yarra City appoints acting CEO

24/11/2021

Yarra City Council has appointed an Acting CEO, following a meeting last night. Council's City Works and Assets Director, Chris Leivers, will take on the...

News

Carpenter to lead Murrindindi Shire

23/11/2021

Sue Carpenter has been elected Mayor of Victoria's Murrindindi Shire Council, with Councillor Damien Gallagher as her Deputy. Cr Carpenter said she was pleased...

Sustainability

Environment

Bayside seeks sandbag go ahead

Victoria's Bayside City Council is seeking approval from the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning to renourish Dendy Street Beach with sand from...

Queenscliffe backs coastal plan

Environment 26/11/2021

Victoria's Borough of Queenscliffe Council has endorsed a draft of its Coastal and Marine Management Plan, and is now calling on the community to...

Rockhampton cafe goes plastic-free

Environment 25/11/2021

A Rockhampton business has switched from single use plastics to sustainable options with the help of Plastic Free CQ, a program supported by Rockhampton...

Fleet

Toowoomba to roll out smart parking

Toowoomba Regional Council's City Centre Car Parking Strategy will progress in the next financial year with the rollout of Smart Parking across the CBD. At...

NZ claims Australasia’s biggest electric bus deal

Fleet 09/11/2021

The New Zealand city of Auckland is laying claim to having placed Australasia’s biggest electric bus order. The deal - a partnership between Auckland Transport...

Digital street furniture at home in Sydney

Contracts 04/11/2021

City of Sydney Council has begun the installation of digital bus shelters as part of an architect-designed street furniture rollout. Council says the 340 new...

Fleet

Kia Niro Hybrid to drive uptake of sustainability in the community

How to attract women to STEM education and help them flourish in the field

UPCOMING EVENTS

23novAll Day30LEADING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTOnline Event Organized By: ANZSOG

Event Details

Good public policy that has a positive impact on the community must be based on sound evidence drawn from a diversity of sources, including input from a balanced cross-section of impacted or interested stakeholders that are equitably engaged in decision making. 

Effective community engagement in public policy making can be tough to perfect. A range of issues can hinder the process, including: 

Perceived pre-determined government solutions 
tight timeframes and budgets 
the complexity of participatory practices and involving sufficiently representative groups 
citizens exchanging entrenched views.

Genuine community engagement in the co-production of policy and services requires public servants to be skilled enablers, negotiators and collaborators. You need to be able to engage select citizens in a thoughtful, deliberative decision-making process that considers all available evidence and interests, while remaining committed to ensuring the ideas generated shape decisions and outcomes. 

This workshop is designed to address the issues public sector leaders face when trying to effectively engage communities on complex policy or service delivery issues. Australia’s DemocracyCo – an organisation with extensive expertise in community engagement – will show you how to strengthen your engagement processes and methods that encourage involved citizens to move beyond entrenched positions and interests, build trust, and engage in a dialogue that considers evidence, data and research to find practical ways forward. 

This program is delivered online in a highly interactive and practical way using a range of methods including pre-recorded videos, live workshops, interactive webinars, theory and design clinics, and peer discussion groups. 

What will you learn?

You will learn:

How to design and implement an effective community engagement process. 
How to draw on a range of community engagement methods and choose the most appropriate method for the situation. 
How to skilfully build a civic mindset and trust among polarised individuals and groups so they can engage in a productive and meaningful way. 
How to inform time poor communities about complex issues. 
How to undertake complex engagements online. 
How to manage risk around your engagement project.

Who should attend?

Current and emerging public sector leaders involved in the design, delivery, improvement and communication of public policy, programs and services. 

Who will lead the course?

Leading community engagement is delivered by DemocracyCo, Australia’s leading deliberative democracy organisation with extensive expertise engaging communities on complex public issues. Their work includes undertaking a summit with 80 Darwin community residents to explore what their future looks like as part of the City of Darwin’s Living Darwin Strategic Plan 2030. DemocracyCo has also conducted the world’s largest citizens jury on behalf of the South Australian government to explore the potential of storing and disposing of nuclear waste from other countries. 

Event details

Date: 23 November and 30 November 2021

Duration: 9am – 1pm AEST, 2 x four-hour sessions

Location: Online (Zoom)

Cost: $1,055 AUD (inc. GST)

ANZSOG Alumni receive a 15% discount.

Every person who completes the Executive Master of Public Administration, Executive Fellows Program, Towards Strategic Leadership or an international program becomes part of our alumni. Only one discount is redeemable for each registration.

This workshop will be delivered via Zoom providing a platform for inspiring and engaging delivery. Participants are encouraged to utilise a personal device if Zoom is unable to be accessed via work issued devices or network connections. 

Time

november 23 (Tuesday) - 30 (Tuesday)

Location

Online

Organizer

ANZSOG+61 3 8344 1990 Level 8, Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus, Wellington

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07decAll Day08Tools and Skills for Policy PractitionersBrisbane Event Organized By: Policy Skills

Event Details

2 Day Workshop – In Person Places Available

Interactive learning suitable for practitioners at all levels. Learn from experts with years of policy experience at all levels.

Co-author of the highly-acclaimed and longstanding Australia Policy Handbook, Peter Bridgman leads a two-day immersion in policy advice and production. Along with experienced policy professional, Nonie Malone, this is a workshop delivered by practitioners, not academics, and tailored to the work on your desk right now.

Topics Covered:

Develop new policy skills and build on your existing skills
Understand why developing policy advice is hard
Come away with new tools and frameworks to improve your analysis
Navigate the complex policy environment
Distinguish the elements of good policy and learn from policy failure
Know how to engage stakeholders effectively
See how policy practitioners lead and manage policy
Develop confidence in planning and execution for effective implementation and evaluation
Explore the interface between research, evidence, analysis, implementation and evaluation
Know how to balance control and flexibility to deal with uncertainty

Download the PDF Brochure for full course details.

Course Outline

Day One: Policy in Context

Policy Issues
- What is “public policy” and why is it important?
- How do issues become policy issues?
- Prioritising competing policy issues
Policy analysis
- How do we analyse policy issues?
- Analytical tools and concepts
- Innovative thinking
How to make a difference: policy instruments
- What tools do we have to make a difference?
- Which tools are the right ones?
- Understand legislation: when to use it and when not to use it
Policy players
- Methods for effective stakeholder communication
- Ministers and Cabinet / Council
- The role of the policy analyst
- Managing up essentials: influential communication and action

Day Two: Policy in Action

Coordinating policy action inside government
- Consultation with other agencies
- The role and influence of central agencies
Policy decision making
- Policies that make sense to decision makers
- Framing policy arguments
Implementation and evaluation challenges
- Implementation as success and failure
- How do we know if our policies achieved the desired result?
Integrating policy lessons
- Essentials for good policy making
- Dealing with uncertainty and time pressures
- Project management for policy and programs
- Managing in: maintaining and upgrading your own and your team’s policy capability

Time

december 7 (Tuesday) - 8 (Wednesday)

Location

Brisbane

Organizer

Policy SkillsPolicy Skills is a collaborative operation of Peter Bridgman, Australia’s most-recognised policy leader and Nonie Malone, a highly experienced policy manager. We present public offer programs delivered by ourselves and other policy area specialists. PO Box 5418 West End QLD 4101

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09febAll Day10Tech in Gov 2021National Convention Centre Canberra Event Organized By: Terrapinn

Event Details

Tech in Gov is Australia’s most important business event for ICT in Government. Over two days, we bring together leaders and experts in IT, cyber security, Federal, State, Local governments and top industry solution providers who to showcase and speak to the most essential technologies and services for digital innovation.

Tech in Gov has been designed to close the knowledge gap to allow Federal, State and Local Government Departments and Agencies to collaborate, share knowledge and foster innovation.

The event focuses on ICT issues that matter most to government and business:

Delivering streamlined services 24×7 in an increasingly “on demand and open” digital society.
Enabling the strategic use of ICT to deliver on policy and effective governance.
Engaging openly to build and leverage knowledge and foster business collaboration.

With an exceptionally high-level audience, this is the ultimate platform to network and discover emerging digital technologies. There is simply no better place to connect with the industry and do business. Invest in yourself, your team and/or business by exploring products, services and strategies from speakers and exhibitors.

As an Inside Local Government subscriber, we are offering you and your team an exclusive free delegate ticket when you use code: JSLM100.

See you this August. Register your exclusive free delegate pass now.

Time

february 9 (Wednesday) - 10 (Thursday)

Location

National Convention Centre Canberra

31 Constitution Ave, Canberra ACT 2601

Organizer

TerrapinnTerrapinn is a global events company. Our events promote innovation and technology that changes people's lives. We partner with the world's leading companies and innovators to make a difference.

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22marAll Day23Tools and Skills for Policy PractitionersBrisbane Event Organized By: Policy Skills

Event Details

2 Day Workshop – In Person Places Available

Interactive learning suitable for practitioners at all levels. Learn from experts with years of policy experience at all levels.

Topics Covered:

Develop new policy skills and build on your existing skills
Understand why developing policy advice is hard
Come away with new tools and frameworks to improve your analysis
Navigate the complex policy environment
Distinguish the elements of good policy and learn from policy failure
Know how to engage stakeholders effectively
See how policy practitioners lead and manage policy
Develop confidence in planning and execution for effective implementation and evaluation
Explore the interface between research, evidence, analysis, implementation and evaluation
Know how to balance control and flexibility to deal with uncertainty

Download the PDF Brochure for full course details.

Course Outline

Day One: Policy in Context

Policy Issues
- What is “public policy” and why is it important?
- How do issues become policy issues?
- Prioritising competing policy issues
Policy analysis
- How do we analyse policy issues?
- Analytical tools and concepts
- Innovative thinking
How to make a difference: policy instruments
- What tools do we have to make a difference?
- Which tools are the right ones?
- Understand legislation: when to use it and when not to use it
Policy players
- Methods for effective stakeholder communication
- Ministers and Cabinet / Council
- The role of the policy analyst
- Managing up essentials: influential communication and action

Day Two: Policy in Action

Coordinating policy action inside government
- Consultation with other agencies
- The role and influence of central agencies
Policy decision making
- Policies that make sense to decision makers
- Framing policy arguments
Implementation and evaluation challenges
- Implementation as success and failure
- How do we know if our policies achieved the desired result?
Integrating policy lessons
- Essentials for good policy making
- Dealing with uncertainty and time pressures
- Project management for policy and programs
- Managing in: maintaining and upgrading your own and your team’s policy capability

Time

march 22 (Tuesday) - 23 (Wednesday)

Location

Brisbane

Organizer

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30marAll Day31SMB DigitalICC Sydney Event Organized By: Hannover Fairs Australia

Event Details

SMB DIGITAL powered by CEBIT AUSTRALIA is a forum for business owners to better understand how they can utilise new technology to fortify their organisation for the future.

Digital transformation holds the key to better efficiency, opportunity and profitability for your organisation. SMB Digital showcases the latest technology solutions and ideas that will help to future proof your business.

What will I learn?

The SMB Digital program will focus on core functions of business that can be improved with technology – making your business more efficient, effective, productive and profitable.

Featuring expert industry speakers, the program will explore six broad core themes:

Data management
Digital transformation
Finance software & technology
HR software & technology
Marketing platforms & automation
Security

Sessions will drill down into the specifics on how technology and tech solutions can help improve your business in these areas. The program will explore topics such as how SMBs can make the most of their data, cyber safety skills, steps to take when approaching a digital transformation, effectively utilising CRM platforms to drive customer growth & retention, how to use tech for recruitment and onboarding in a virtual environment… and much more.

Time

march 30 (Wednesday) - 31 (Thursday)

Location

ICC Sydney

14 Darling Dr, Sydney NSW 2000

Organizer

Hannover Fairs AustraliaHannover Fairs Australia is part of Deutsche Messe AG and has operated in Australia since 2000.

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Security

News

Crash-proof traffic lights to save lives

Game-changing technology that allows traffic lights to absorb kinetic energy, stopping them from crumpling when hit by a vehicle, will prevent hundreds of fatalities...

Security boost for City of Swan

CCTV 23/11/2021

City of Swan residents have benefited from a boost in security surveillance thanks to a grant of $187,610 from the Australian Government’s Community Development...

Glow-in-dark trail trial for Greater Bendigo

Infrastructure 23/11/2021

City of Greater Bendigo Council, in partnership with the Victorian Department of Transport, is trialling glow-in-the-dark shared path markings. The photoluminescent lighting trial will run...

Infrastructure

Premier heralds Sydney CBD revamp plan

Planning is now complete on the next steps to unlock a potential 2.4 million square metres of new commercial and employment floor space in...

Infrastructure win for NSW councils

Infrastructure 25/11/2021

The NSW Government and Local Government NSW (LGNSW) have agreed on improvements to reforms of the infrastructure contributions system. Minister for Planning and Public Spaces,...

Glow-in-dark trail trial for Greater Bendigo

Infrastructure 23/11/2021

City of Greater Bendigo Council, in partnership with the Victorian Department of Transport, is trialling glow-in-the-dark shared path markings. The photoluminescent lighting trial will run...

Technology

News

Crash-proof traffic lights to save lives

Awards/Recognition

Female-first for top digital award

Digital Transformation

Ararat community hub ready for business

HEALTH

Equipment

Hydration stations flow for Murrindindi

Two new permanent hydration stations have been installed in Murrindindi Shire – featuring new auto-sensors for easy and safe community use. The new stations are...

Nillumbik council opposes park-for-hospital land sale

Health 27/10/2021

Knox council develops mental health support card

Health 27/10/2021

TGA approves Pfizer vaccine booster

COVID-19 27/10/2021

New guide for managing risk of silica dust

Health 27/10/2021

Procurement

Tenders open for Bell River bridge

Dubbo Regional Council (DRC) has called for tenders to construct the Bell River pedestrian bridge within Cameron Park, Wellington. The designs for the new pedestrian...

Local contractor scores Townsville netball works

Contracts 17/11/2021

$5.5m Toowoomba waste facility tender awarded

Contracts 14/11/2021

Tenders called for Darwin indigenous hub

News 11/11/2021

Picton to Tahmoor shareway contract awarded

Contracts 10/11/2021

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