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August 1... 8... 9... West Arnhem Regional Council 15... Council City of Palmerston A note from our Coomalie Community Government President Council 17... Tiwi Island Regional Council The LGANT Executive held its last 22... Katherine Town Council meeting this week and will not meet Victoria Daly Regional Council again until late September after the 23... Litchfield Council elections. 25... MacDonnell Regional Council 28... Alice Springs Town Council

31... Barkly Regional Council As you would know, Councils go into caretaker mode from 3 August in September preparation for their elections. 5... City of Palmerston 6/7.. Community Services Reference Group To all the current elected members 7... Roper Gulf Regional Council 8... Victoria Daly Regional Council and prospective candidates standing 12... City of Darwin for the elections, I wish you all well 13... West Arnhem Regional Council with your campaigning. Representing 19... City of Palmerston your community and standing up for Wagait Shire Council the issues important to residents can Coomalie Community Government Council be a challenge, however is also very 25... Alice Springs Town Council rewarding and a privilege. 26... Katherine Town Council 27... Litchfield Council To all retiring elected members, on 28... Tiwi Islands Regional Council behalf of the local government sector, thank you for your contributions during the past term of five and a half years. I have no doubt many of you will remain active members of your community in different ways after a well deserved rest. I would also like to thank the retiring LGANT Executive members for their support in my role as President of Nominations now open LGANT and for your contributions in Candidates wanting to stand for council advancing the work of the LGANT. election have until noon, 3 August to submit

their application to the Electoral I look forward to learning about the Commission. Visit the NT Electoral election results after 4 September, and Commission website for more information. seeing councils and LGANT carry on their good work for our Territory Candidates can access a video production of communities for the next four years. the Why Council? Stand up for your community information sessions delivered in recent months. If you have difficulties Damien Ryan, President accessing the video, contact [email protected] or call 8944 9674. Local Government Association of the

Candidate information sessions update The final two candidate information sessions were held at City of Darwin on 12 July and Belyuen on 14 July. Nineteen potential candidates attended the Darwin session, and 14 attended Belyuen. Belyuen was recently reinstated as of 1 August this year with five vacant positions to be filled.

After attending all the Territory shows, staff from NTEC and the Department Housing and Community Development will be at the Darwin Show this weekend to answer questions. LGANT staff will also be sharing the City of Darwin's ’talk@thetop’ area to answer questions, provide handouts and encourage people to vote. Keep an eye out for the LGANT display (pictured right).

Taxable payments reporting for government Taxable payments reporting for local government entities started on 1 July 2017.

This means you need to be collecting information about payments you make to businesses for services so you are ready to report to the ATO your Taxable payments annual report.

The information reported to the ATO will be used in the ATO’s pre-filling service to make it easier for individual businesses to lodge their tax returns.

It will also allow the ATO to identify businesses that haven't included all their income in their tax return or haven’t lodged and checked compliance with GST obligations.

The first annual report for the 2017-18 financial year is due by 28 August 2018. More information is available on the ATO website at www.ato.gov.au/tparGov

2017 National Disability Awards nominations now open It's time to recognise the outstanding achievements of individuals and organisations helping improve the lives of people with disability.

The National Disability Awards are the Australian Government's main celebration of International Day of People with Disability, a United Nations sanctioned day celebrated each year on 3 December.

You can help honour those who are working tirelessly to make our society a better place by nominating them for an award. Nominations close Sunday 6 August 2017.

You can also help promote the event. An online stakeholder kit is available to help you promote the Awards across a range of channels, including websites, social media platforms and electronic and printed newsletters. For further information, please email [email protected] or visit https://hes32- ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=www.idpwd.com.au&umid=a4b6d2c6-3814- 4679-b363-d9bb010df49f&auth=fd8679a3d6364e5de65e056af7f2d0c0c925530f- a2a82d037f9e363cf3b443f213ce3205767d6743

National Sports Plan consultation underway Councils can now contribute to the development of the National Sports Plan for participation and elite sport in .

The plan will be a long term strategy which examines participation, performance, preventive health through physical activity, and integrity.

There are three ways councils can contribute. 1. Complete the online questionnaire – it’s easy to access and simple to do. It will take between 20 to 40 minutes to complete. 2. Prepare your own submission on an existing local sport and recreation proposal and upload it via the website – councils can provide as much information as they wish. 3. Email feedback and any project ideas to [email protected]

The consultation process will close on 31 July. If you have any questions, please contact Paul Fairweather, Deputy General Manager Sports Insights, on [email protected].

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