Meeting of the Council of Australian Governments
ALGA President Cr Paul Bell says he is looking forward to taking a seat at the table at the Council of Australian Governments (CoAG) meeting in Melbourne on December 20 to progress the national reform agenda.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has indicated that discussions will centre on health, hospitals, climate change, carbon trading schemes, water, education, skills and training, infrastructure, business deregulation and housing.
Cr Bell said local government was particularly concerned about the state of Australia's infrastructure and noted the meeting would discuss the establishment of Infrastructure Australia to audit Australia's infrastructure bottlenecks.
"ALGA will also be actively involved in discussions over the Government's push for more streamlined development approval processes. We will work to ensure that measures to reduce infrastructure charges and developer costs do not involve any cost-shifting onto local government and serve the best interests of local communities."
The CoAG meeting will agree on a comprehensive program of work for CoAG for 2008 with agreed objectives and reporting timelines.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has indicated that discussions will centre on health, hospitals, climate change, carbon trading schemes, water, education, skills and training, infrastructure, business deregulation and housing.
Cr Bell said local government was particularly concerned about the state of Australia's infrastructure and noted the meeting would discuss the establishment of Infrastructure Australia to audit Australia's infrastructure bottlenecks.
"ALGA will also be actively involved in discussions over the Government's push for more streamlined development approval processes. We will work to ensure that measures to reduce infrastructure charges and developer costs do not involve any cost-shifting onto local government and serve the best interests of local communities."
The CoAG meeting will agree on a comprehensive program of work for CoAG for 2008 with agreed objectives and reporting timelines.
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