About

About

Local Government Managers Australia (LGMA) is the leading professional association representing managers and aspiring managers in local government throughout Australia and Asia-Pacific. It was founded in October 1936 by Raymond West and, since that time, has continued to expand its charter and membership services and now has around 2,500 members.

Our purpose is to promote excellence through the advancement of local government management.

Structure

LGMA operates as a federation and has state offices in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia and a national office in Melbourne, Victoria.

The national office is governed by a board of directors that comprises a national president, vice-president, immediate past president and 10 directors.  Each state appoints two members of their own boards to the national board to ensure a consistent approach to delivery of products and services at both the national and state level.

The national president is appointed on a rotational basis and serves in that capacity for a period of 12 months, at which time he or she then serves an additional 12 months as immediate past president.  The current national president is Mr Paul West FLGMA, General Manager, Kingborough Council, Tasmania.

View the national board here.

The national board meets every three months and the national executive committee - comprising the national president, vice-president, immediate past president and one director meet monthly. 

The national board is governed by a national constitution.

The day-to-day responsibilities of developing and delivering national products and services is carried out by the national office.  The national office is headed by the Chief Executive who is supported in his role by six other staff.

View the national staff here.

The performance of the national office is measured against it's strategic plan.

Roles and Responsibilities

The LGMA is committed to the development and improvement of local government management. We do this by maintaining high professional and ethical standards throughout the profession and ensuring that our members are at the forefront of change and innovation. 

In 2010 the national, state and territory offices collaborated to produce a roles and responsibilities paper that illustrates our combined commitment to ensuring we remain a sustainable, strong and relevant peak body for our members and the Australian local government sector.  The paper sets out how best LGMA can serve the sector at the national, state and territory levels and encourages postive dialogue, discussion and communication.  A copy of the paper can be downloaded below:

Download our roles and responsibility paper

Statement of Common Purpose

In developing the national roles and reponsibilities paper, a statement of common purpose was also developed.  The statement of common purpose is as follows:

The LGMA federation exists to advance the profession of local government management in Australia: to operate essentially as one at the national, state and territory level, yet relect the differences and synergies that autonomies in this federation can deliver; to advoate from the perspective of local government professionals for the betterment of our entire sector; to advance the professional interests and develoment of all members; and to function collaboratively and in a complementary manner while avoiding compeition - withina framework, that is, the national strategic plan.