President’s Update – 14 February 2025 – Australian Local Government Association

President’s Update – 14 February 2025 – Australian Local Government Association

Last week we officially launched ALGA’s 2025 federal election campaign and outlined our funding priorities. Councils are calling on the next Australian Government to ‘Put Our Communities First’ by providing: $1.1 billion per year for enabling infrastructure to unlock housing supply $500 million per year for community infrastructure $600 million per year for safer local roads $900 million per year for increased local government emergency managem…