Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Constitutional Recognition of Local Government

 http://www.asu.asn.au/localgovt/constit-recog-localgovt Post the ASU national executive and local government industry division meetings last week , we have now published an ASU web page in support of the Local Government Constitutional Recognition Referendum .

This is an important referendum , with the outcome of bringing greater community spend to local govt, more long term funding security and the ability for local govt to do more for its communities .

The ASU web link is at http://www.asu.asn.au/localgovt/constit-recog-localgovt   - from this page you can access both ASU and external links on this important issue for our industry, plus past ASU  news items and more – regular new items will be placed on the web page as we move towards the referendum .. Please feel free to re circulate and re use this web page , including linking it to ASU Branch , web pages, were the branch works in Local Government .


The ASU says YES to the referendum!

A referendum for the recognition of local government in the Australian Constitution is set to accompany this year's federal election. The ASU is supporting the YES case for financial recognition because we understand how local government works and its needs, so we know that recognition is good for local government, the community it serves and therefore all Australians.