The NSW Government Delivery & Performance Committee (DAPCO) sits alongside Cabinet and the Expenditure Review Committee (ERC). It is tasked with assessing the digital or data components of every new policy proposal to ensure services are more seamless and uniform. It is part of the Government's pledge of "digital first". Minister Dominello has described it […]

Section 355 Management Committees are provided under the Local Government Act 1993 for Councils to delegate some of their functions to a Committee of Council. Each Council may have several such Committees managing community facilities or providing advice to Council about such facilities. Councils appoint members of the community to manage certain Council facilities (examples […]

In the 2018 Local Government Risk Report for Australian Local Government, Aon delivered the results of a national risk survey of the sector. Health and safety concerns have all leapt higher (moving up 2 spots to #3 in the top 10 risks) as Councils count the risk and cost of human impact. But many Councils […]