Victorian Auditor General Office released the Results of the 2017/2018 Audit: Local Government report in December 2018.
The Local Government Sector in Victoria collected $10.66 Billion in revenue during the 2017/2018 financial year and spent $8.49Billion on operating expenditure.
In accordance with Section 31 of its Constitution, an election is to be held for the Board of Directors of the Asset Management Council, for the term 2019 – 2022. One member of the current Board of Directors is to retire at the AMCouncil 2018 Annual General Meeting and is eligible to stand for re-election for the ensuing three-year term.
The research arm of leading economic consultancy Econsult Solutions Inc, ESI ThoughtLab, has just released findings from a worldwide benchmarking study of 136 cities that the catalytic impacts associated with becoming a smarter city have the potential to increase GDP per capita by as much as 21% and population growth by 13% over the next five years for cities beginning their smart city journey.
Engineers Australia is calling for nominations to the Civil College Board
Those who are members of Engineers Australia may be interested in applying.
On the 18th October 2018, the NSW Women in Asset Management (WiAM) Special Interest Group hosted its second Sydney Chapter event; Miriam Stacy (Place Management, Property NSW) gave a thoroughly absorbing presentation on the role she and her team plays in repurposing heritage-listed property assets in The Rocks area of Sydney.
We hope all the mentors and mentees in our Women in Transport Asset Management Mentoring Program had a great day on Saturday with it being International Mentoring Day! Since our pilot program is focused around progressing Women in the Transport space, we thought it apt to revisit a webinar the AMCouncil’s special interest group, Women in Asset Management (WiAM), hosted last year.