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Community Facilities Needs Study 2021-31

Shellharbour City Council
Local Planning Panels (IHAPs) Evaluation (2019)

NSW Department of Planning and Environment

Executive Certificate for Elected Members

Explore local government planning and reporting processes, roles and responsibilities, and how to be an effective local councillor.
Social Planning and Community Development Short Course

Learn how to galvanise teams, organisations and communities to embrace and plan for social change.
Conducting impactful service reviews

This course will guide you through the essentials needed to design and undertake a review of a program or service delivery - using an outcomes-based framework.

Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance

A peer-reviewed journal that aims to strengthen the research voice of local government in the Commonwealth by providing a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in local government ideas and practices.

The Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance is edited by our Australian Centre for Local Government experts and you can read it here for free.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.