10 July 2020
Working with Victorian border councils
I know all of us are sending our best wishes to our Victorian councils and friends, and particularly to those ten councils on the Victorian border with NSW. Thanks to the border Mayors and Council staff who joined our hook up with NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller to sort out the details of the border closure, as it arose. We will continue to meet, alongside the Chief Health Officer, with these councils to ensure we are all progressing this situation as best we can, for the safety of our communities.
Advocacy wins!
This week we welcomed the Federal Government’s response to our Save our Recycling campaign, committing to a $190 million Recycling Modernisation Fund to support investment in new infrastructure to sort, process, and re-manufacture materials subject to the upcoming waste export bans such as mixed plastic, paper, tyres and glass.
This funding is contingent on co-funding from industry, states and territories, generating a total of $600 million of investment into recycling. Alongside you, we continue to advocate for matching NSW Government co-funding, in line with our Save our Recycling campaign. Further details of how the Fund will work are expected to be released once agreement is reached between the Federal and State Government. For further information, email Susy Cenedese, Strategy Manager - Environment.
Applications welcome: Board positions vacant
Applications are now sought for eligible suitably qualified persons wanting to join the Boards of Local Government Procurement Pty Ltd and StateCover Mutual Limited. Please email Bilyana Milenkovski for an information pack including detailed selection criteria. Applications close 24 July.
LGNSW conference
The recent rise in COVID-19 transmission rates are creating uncertainty, and we’re monitoring this closely although, at this stage, we’re pushing ahead with our LGNSW Annual Conference in the Hunter Valley on 22-24 November. Registrations will open in coming weeks, and now is the time to look over our policy platform and ensure your Council has considered motions to submit to our Conference to guide our advocacy.
Reminder
Please pencil 3 – 9 August 2020 in your diaries, as it’s Local Government Week. It’s the time of the year when LGNSW invites you to help us celebrate the important role of local councils in our communities. This year’s theme is ‘Councils Do’, to let people know about the locally led stimulus we’re delivering to drive recovery from COVID19, bushfires, droughts and floods in NSW. Now is the time to tell your local community what you’re doing with your additional Federal funding, secured with LGNSW and ALGA advocacy, for your communities! For further information, email Kelley White, Senior Communications Manager.
Please also join us for a special online event where we will be announcing the winners of the Local Government Week Awards (The LGNSW RH Dougherty Awards, The LGNSW Leo Kelly OAM Arts and Culture Awards and the LGNSW Planning Awards) at 1pm on Thursday 6 August 2020. Registrations are now open.
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