Local councils have accused the NSW government of treating them like "debt collectors", amid warnings plans to end its Emergency Services Levy subsidy will force them to slash services.

the figures published by the Office of Local Government NSW found. NSW’s second highest paid council CEO was in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. However, the figure of $698,487 was actually ...

mayors and local prosecutors increased significantly in the second half of the year. Elected or appointed government officials and judicial officials are most likely to face such hostility ...

The application process for this grant program requires local government agencies to submit asset management plans for their road network and bridge inventory. In 2021, the House Enrolled Act 1576 ...

A former president of Local Government NSW was forced to resign after her council cancelled their membership – just months later she was quietly rehired as a ‘special adviser’ to the new ...

The government has got a grand plan to shake up the way local government works and give councils and mayors more clout. It involves existing councils merging to create single authorities that ...

Several councils could be abolished and merged into a new unitary authority in a government overhaul of local government. The five district councils in Suffolk in a joint statement said while the ...

The NSW state government says it is beginning the first stage of a $128 million program to upgrade roads and highways to facilitate the transport of huge wind turbines and other “oversize ...

TAFE NSW is set for an overhaul that will ensure it meets local community needs ... and more than 60 per cent of government-funded enrolments in full qualifications,” said the report, released ...