The Boundaries Commission invites the public to attend the public inquiry on the proposal to create a new local government area out of the Cootamundra-Gundagai local government area. There will be three sessions held in Cootamundra on this inquiry.  Because...

The Office of Local Government is hosting a one hour information session for council finance officers to assist them with financial reporting issues arising from COVID-19 and the preparation of their 2019-2020 financial statements.

The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) has three new Accounting Standards to be implemented this coming financial year. To provide additional assistance to councils, the Office of Local Government (OLG) is running a series of half-day Facilitated Implementation Discussions via Skype from the 6th-9th of April 2020.

These sessions aim to support council finance staff in their roles relating to accounting and financial reporting. This series of workshops will be delving into the detail of the new accounting standards on Revenue (AASB 15 and AASB 1058) and Leases (AASB 16).