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Managers Australia -
LGMA National Office
PO Box 5175
Level 2, 153-161 Park Street
South Melbourne
Victoria 3205
Australia
Tel: +61 3 9682 9222
Fax: +61 3 9682 8977
National Congress
2008 Outcomes
Monday 26th May Program
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Welcome and Opening Sessions – National Anthem, Indigenous Welcome, Opening and presentation of Management Challenge award |
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Keynote Address – Sustainable EnvironmentDr. Tim Flannery, Scientist and Environmentalist |
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Keynote Address – Enhancing Community Wellbeing through E-GovernmentKwang-Soo Chang, Director General for Information Foundation Policy Bureau |
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Keynote Address – Constitutional ReformCouncillor Paul Bell AM, President, Australian Local Government Association |
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| Sustainable Environment (SE) | Community Wellbeing (CW) | Executive Development (ED) |
ESTABLISHING THE SUSTAINABLE CITY: LESSONS TO LEARN FROM WAITAKEREDr. Graeme Campbell OSNZ, Director Strategic Planning, Waitakere City Council, NZ |
EMPOWERING PEOPLE USING MEASURES OF COMMUNITY WELL BEING AND SUSTAINABILITYDale Quinlivan, Executive Officer, City of Perth, WA |
ENGAGING WITH OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCEAlan Campbell CBE, Chief Executive, Aberdeenshire Council, UK |
CITY SMART - MAKING BRISBANE AUSTRALIA'S MOST SUSTAINABLE CITYNick Clarke, Manager Natural Environment and Aletha Cardwell, Senior Policy Officer, Brisbane City Council |
SUSTAINING COMMUNITY WELLBEING THROUGH CIVIC ENGAGEMENTJohn Neish, Former General Manager, Parramatta City Council, NSW |
NEWFUTURES IN EMPLOYER BRANDINGMark Harvey, Manager Human Resource Services, Gold Coast City Council, QLD |
| PANEL SESSION - LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM | ||
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Introduced and Facilitated by John Martin, Director, Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities, La Trobe University, Victoria Panel Members: Simon Farbrother, Chief Administrative Officer, City of Waterloo, Canada; Phil Clarke, Deputy Director, Local Government Reform, DLGSR (QLD); Noelene Duff, Chief Executive Officer, Whitehorse City Council, Vic and Councillor Bob Abbott, Mayor, Sunshine Coast Regional Council, QLD |
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| NATIONAL FORUM | ||
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LGMA's submission to the Productivity Commission Study Assessing Local Government Revenue Raising Capacity sought to address the issue of revenue raising, not within the confines of our present structures and systems, but in a much wider 'Nation-building' context. To further this debate LGMA hosted a National Forum on Funding Local Government in 2050. Marianne Di Giallonardo explored the Productivity Commission's findings [download - PDF file, 58K] Mark McKenzie McHarg, Mach II Consulting presented LGMA's response to the Productivity Commission Study [download - PDF file, 93K] Professor Graham Sansom, UTS explored the future of Local Government under a new Federalism [download - PDF file, 71K] |
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Tuesday 27th May Program
| Sustainable Environment (SE) | Community Wellbeing (CW) | Executive Development (ED) |
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SUSTAINING OUR CITY INITIATIVE - RANDWICK CITY COUNCILPeter Maganov, Manager Sustainability, Randwick City Council, NSW |
SHOWCASING LEADING PRACTICE YOUNG MUMS AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENTKen Daniel, Group Manager, Learning & Employment, City of Playford, SA |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT - YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCEJames Trail, Chief Executive Officer, Shire of Augusta-Margaret River, WA |
WAGAIT BEACH COMMUNITY CENTREVictor Stow, President, Cox Peninsula Community Government Council, NT |
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LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY- GLOBAL IMPACTPenny Holloway, General Manager, North Sydney Council, NSW |
LIVING LIBRARY CONVERSATIONS: THE WORLD IS THE LOCALPaul O'Sullivan, General Manager, Lismore City Council, Shauna McIntyre, Community Development Officer, Lismore City Council, NSW and Chris Walters, Community Development Officer, City of Greater Bendigo, Vic. |
RECRUITING YOUNG BLOOD AND RETAINING WISE HEADSJude Munro, Chief Executive Officer, Brisbane City Council, QLD |
| Keynote Address – Community Wellbeing | ||
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Jeff McMullen |
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| PANEL SESSION - BUILDING INTERNATIONAL LINKS | ||
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Introduced and Facilitated by Graham Sansom, Director, UTS Centre for Local Government NSW Panel Members: Trish Haines, Senior Vice President SOLACE (UK); Melissa Gibbs, Director Blackadder Gibbs; Chris Rose, CEO, Logan City Council QLD and Stephen Sykes, Director of Enterprise Services, Orange City Council, NSW Melissa Gibbs [download - PDF file, 39K]Chris Rose [download - PDF file, ??] |
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| PANEL SESSION - SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT | ||
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Introduced and Facilitated by Wayne Westcott, Chief Executive, ICLEI Oceania Panel Members: Penny Holloway, General Manager, North Sydney Council, NSW; Steve Gawler, Former Chief Executive Officer, Frankston City Council, Vic; Geoff Lawler, Director Sustainability and Regulatory Services, City of Melbourne, Vic and Dr. Graeme Campbell OSNZ |
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Wednesday 28th May Program
| WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT NETWORKING BREAKFAST | ||
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Introduced by Christine Smith MP, State Member for Burleigh, Queensland Michelle McFadyen [download - PDF file, 6M] Penny Holloway [download - PDF file, 69K] |
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| Sustainable Environment (SE) | Community Wellbeing (CW) | Executive Development (ED) |
SHOWCASING LEADING PRACTICE - EASTERN HILLS VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT MODEL - AN EXTENSIVE URBAN NETWORKCraig Wansbrough, Natural Resource Management Officer, Eastern Metropolitan Council, WA |
NEW LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORYNick Scarvelis, Former Executive Director Local Government, DLGHS, NT |
SHAPE YOUR WORLDFacilitated by Ray Pincombe, FLGMA, Chief Executive Officer, City of Unley, SA Presenters: Mez Lee, Manager Marketing & Communications, City of Salibury, SA and Adam Gray, Senior Public Officer, Local Government Association, SA |
WEST BYRON INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT RESERVEMichael Bingham, Environmental Officer Capital Works, Byron Shire Council, NSW |
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ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP - THE CREATION OF CH2 AND BEYONDGeoff Lawler, Director Sustainability & Regulatory Services, City of Melbourne, Vic |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGING "COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST"Desley Renton, Social Policy Advisor, Local Government Association Queensland and Glenn Boyd, Senior Program Officer, Community Engagement, Brisbane City Council, QLD |
EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTIONJim Harland, Chief Executive, Dunedin City Council, NZ |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS - THE WORLD IS LOCALBasil Morrison, CNZM, President, Local Government, New Zealand |
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS - COMMUNITY WELLBEING |
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| Conclusion of Congress and Handover of LGMA National Presidency | ||
| WORKSHOP 1 - "IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO" : GETTING THE POLITICAL-MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP ROLES RIGHT | ||
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Facilitated by Simon Baddeley, Institute of Local Government Studies, School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham, UK |
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| WORKSHOP 2 - KEEPING THE PASSION ALIVE | ||
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Facilitated by Dr. Frank Benest, City Manager, Palo Alto, California, USA |
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