This week in the VLGA Connect Newsroom, Kathryn Arndt talks with Chris Eddy about the upcoming HART awards, happening online this Friday; a tool to help councils embed alcohol management measures in their Health and Wellbeing Plans; Intro to Gender Equity sessions in high demand; and lots more including upcoming sessions on audit committees and learning about the role of local government administrators.

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Steve Cooper and Chris Eddy are back for another Governance Update, this week looking at events in Dubbo, Mt Isa, follow up from the Ombudsman's financial hardship report, and the latest sector movements.

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On this special edition of Newsroom, Kathryn Arndt, Steve Cooper and Chris Eddy take you through the State and Federal Budget initiatives of most relevance to the local government sector.

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On VLGA Connect, Chris Eddy is in conversation with Sherryn Prinzi, Chair of the Victorian Child Friendly Cities and Communities Advisory Group - an alliance of local governments and other agencies, working to empower children as active and engaged citizens.

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VLGA CEO Kathryn Arndt joins Chris Eddy for a discussion with the Victorian Ombudsman, Deborah Glass, about her new report looking at how Councils administer financial hardship policies. She highlights good and poor examples leading to a series of recommendations to improve the way the sector handles cases of hardship.

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For this week's Governance Update, Chris Eddy and Steve Cooper take a look at the state budget from a local government perspective, and there's lots to see. The Victorian Ombudsman's report into Councils' hardship policies is also on the agenda, plus there's more to report on the senior executive front.

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On VLGA Connect, we are in conversation with Anna Cronin, Victoria's Commissioner for Better Regulation, and Chair of the expert panel conducting a wide ranging review of the state's building system. Anna outlines the scope of the review, the process to be undertaken, timing and consultation activities to ensure local government has input into the resulting recommendations.

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Join us in the VLGA Newsroom, where Kathryn Arndt and Chris Eddy unpack some of the week's big local government and public sector news stories, including federal and state budget news; a new Ombudsman report on councils' financial hardship policies; Victoria's new Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner announced; and the appointment of the historic Truth Telling Commission.

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On the Governance Update this week, after a false start that our editor kindly left in, we dissect the Kingston probity review report, and share some news on recent senior appointment in the sector.

Link to Kingston Council release:
https://www.kingston.vic.gov.au/About-Us/Media/Proactive-planning-review-findings-made-public

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On VLGA Connect, Chris Eddy is in conversation with Angus Clelland, CEO of Mental Health Victoria, about the unprecedented investment from federal and state governments in mental health services; and the importance of ensuring local councils are participants in the solution.

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