Media Releases
Council Leading the Way in Social Procurement
Wyong Shire Council is hosting the Central Coast & Hunter Social Procurement & Economic Participation Forum to help organisations and government bodies make a positive difference to the community when purchasing their goods and services.
Social procurement involves the purchasing of quality goods or services that also produce a positive social outcome, such as strengthening local economic development, opening up new opportunities for disadvantaged communities or meeting the future needs of the local workforce.
Mayor Doug Eaton said Council spends close to $100 million a year on procurement and is pleased to be hosting such an important forum.
“We want to see projects in our regional that deliver local jobs for local people. That lift the barriers to employment currently faced by our youth and other sections of our community.”
Council's e-waste service to continue
Hornsby Shire Council will be continuing its successful e-waste collection service for another three years.
The service is part of the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme (NTCRS) and was introduced in Hornsby Shire as a trial in November 2013.
It provides the public with a safe, accessible way to dispose of their electronic goods, such as computers or televisions, which would otherwise present a health and environmental hazard due to the toxic material they include.
Geelong forging roads into China
Mayor Darryn Lyons hosted delegates of the newly established Victoria-Jiangsu City Alliance, as part of the Victorian Government’s 35th anniversary of Victoria’s sister-state relationship with China’s Jiangsu province.
The alliance seeks to forge stronger relationships with Victoria’s regional centres. The delegates were in Geelong as part of a tour of regional Victoria.
Major challenges Federal budget cost shifting
The Mayor of Roper Gulf Regional Council has expressed concern that the freezing of the indexation of Federal Assistance Grants has left rural and remote Councils missing an important and expected funding boost.