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We are a group of passionate advocates committed to future-proofing good governance leadership and functioning in Australian local governments.
China’s Ban on Foreign Rubbish: A lazy way out.
21Apr, 2018
In Jan 2018, China made the decision to stop accepting and hence importing scarp metal, plastic, paper and chemical waste from foreign countries. In 2015, China imported over 47 million tons of waste (Radio Free Asia, 2018). In the wake of the ban, most developed nations, including the USA, Britain
About Us
23Jul, 2017
Welcome to Ratepayers Australia. Interested in improving good governance functioning and leadership in your council? If yes, this site is for you. We collaborate with: Ratepayers and residents; State and federal agencies who oversee Australian states' and territories' local government po
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Join us to connect with people and organisations of like minds to future-proof good governance in councils.
Future-proofing Good Governance Join UsDigital Platform Services
We are examining strategic partnerships and block chain developments to build our community service platform. Watch this space develop.
We are building awesome new online services for our platform members. It will take us some time to deliver these services. With these services functioning in earliest 2020, our platform members will be able to collaborate with one another to future-proof good performance leadership and functioning i
READ MOREPreparing for Citizen AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are already here and ready to be harnessed by citizens to play bigger collaborative roles in councils' oversight. In Accenture Technology Vision 2018, citizens will soon be able to access and use AI to improve good governance in their councils' decision making and check risks exposures. Many states are already building the data analytics foundations (eg Victoria's https://knowyourcouncil.vic.gov.au) for developing such AI capabilities
What We Do
We are a group of passionate citizens committed to future-proof good governance leadership and functioning in Australian municipal councils. We develop communities of practice among our members, to leverage their expertise and networks, to provide professional research, reform and citizen participation innovations and ratepayer advocacy capacity building.
Interesting Current Facts About Australian Councils
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Are cash reserves held by Victorian Councils in 2016/17
Queensland's Crime & Corruption Commission made 31 recommendations to clean up local government elections
Allegations in 2015 and 2016 about WA councils relating to misconduct, fraud or corruption
People are employed in local councils in Victoria in 2016/17