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Activities - JULY 2018 3 Council meeting - City of Palmerston Council meeting - West Arnhem 11 Regional Council A note from our Committee Meeting - Alice Springs 16 President Town Council 17 Council meeting - City of Darwin The Executive, at its 12 June 17 Council meeting - City of Palmerston Council meeting - Coomalie 2018 meeting, approved a 17 Community Government Council change of dates for its Council meeting - Wagait Shire 17 October general meetings so Council Executive meeting - LGANT that they will now be held on 17 Executive 7-9 November 2018. This is Council meeting - Katherine Town 24 to enable local government Council Council meeting - East Arnhem representatives the 25 opportunity to attend both Regional Council Council meeting - Roper Gulf 25 Keep Australia Beautiful and Regional Council Australia Day events that are Council meeting - Tiwi Islands 25 occurring at times outside Regional Council Council meeting - West Daly those of LGANT ones 25 Regional Council planned. The move also Council meeting - Barkly Regional 26 avoids parliamentary sitting Council dates and hence may see Council meeting - Central Desert 26 more politicians attending the Regional Council Committee meeting - MacDonnell LGANT events.The 27 Regional Council Executive also approved Council meeting - Alice Springs 30 policies on language, literacy Town Council and numeracy (LLN) which, 31 Council meeting - City of Darwin Council meeting - Victoria Daly 23, 24 amongst other things, calls Regional Council upon the Federal TBA Council meeting - Litchfield Council government to commit to long-term funding for LLN Activities - August 2018 learning programs. This is in 7 Council meeting - City of Palmerston Council meeting - West Arnhem keeping with international 8 Regional Council trends with an aim to Committee Meeting - Alice Springs 13 improving LLN and learning Town Council 14 for all Indigenous Council meeting - City of Darwin Australians. Waste and Executive meeting - LGANT 18 recycling is an important Executive issue for local government 21 Council meeting - City of Palmerston Council meeting - Coomalie 21 nationally at the moment with Community Government Council many councils having to Council meeting - Wagait Shire 21 address contamination in Council Council meeting - West Daly Regional recyclable materials. Council ALGA’s National Policy Council Meeting - Tiwi Islands 22 Director, John Pritchard, is Regional Council retiring in August 2018 after Council Meeting - West Daly Regional a long period of wonderful Council Council meeting - Alice Springs service with local 27 Town Council government’s national Committee meeting - Victoria Daly 27 body. On behalf of everyone Regional Council at LGANT I wish John all the 28 Council meeting - City of Darwin Council meeting - Katherine Town best in his retirement. John’s 28 Council replacement, Rosalind Group meeting - Finance Reference 28 Chivers has commenced Group Committee meeting - Roper Gulf with ALGA and 29 representatives from all local Regional Council government associations welcomed her recently at the Networking Expo - Asset 29 June 2018 Board meeting. Officers/FRG/ETIRG Council meeting - Barkly Regional 30 Council Damien Ryan, President Group meeting - Environment, Local Government 30 Transport and Infrastructure Association of the Reference Group Council meeting - MacDonnell Northern Territory 31 Regional Council TBA Council meeting - Litchfield Council

2018 Local Government Procurement Program

23 participants attended the Local Government Procurement Program held on 5 to 7 June 2018 at the Darwin Free Spirit Resort in Pinelands.

The first two days involved Arc Blue, a service provider affiliated with Local Government Procurement (NSW), delivering training on Procurement Principles and Advanced Contract Management.

The final day's forum involved presentations from:  Department of Housing and Community Development on legislative and compliance aspects of procurement,  Department of Trade, Business and Innovation on the NT Government's "Buy Local" initiative,  Peak Services and Western Australian Local Government Association on National Procurement Network and Local Buy services that are available to councils,  Contractor Accreditation Ltd (CAT) on available services  Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) on managing risk; and  TenderLINK on the online tendering service available to councils Feedback from the participants has been positive, with several requesting LGANT to facilitate further training in:

 Advanced Contract Management  Negotiation Skills Local Government Environment Project Officer Vacancy The Local Government Association of the Northern Territory (LGANT) is seeking a highly motivated Local Government Environment Project Officer. Position outcomes include: working collaboratively with councils and stakeholders to improve waste management practices, develop waste and litter management plans, deliver and report on the activities and outputs identified in the funding agreement with government agency, assist councils to ensure compliance with Waste Management and Pollution Control Act, convene and coordinate waste management symposium, attend and provide advice to the two regional waste working groups in Katherine and Alice Springs, provide papers and submissions on environment and waste issues on behalf of local government. If you are keen to support the growth of NT regions and make a difference to public health in regional and remote communities this job may be for you. A 24 month position with a salary circa $90,000 pa is offered with a possible extension subject to performance. For further information and copy of the position description please contact Peter McLinden on 89449691 or [email protected] or download via the LGANT website at www.lgant.asn.au Applications must address the selection criteria and include a current resume and referee details please send to [email protected] by 4.00pm Friday 20 July 2018.

ROADS TO RECOVERY – ROBINSON RIVER Part of LGANT's Strategic Plan and annual priorities include the servicing of its local road network as identified by the Northern Territory Grants Commission. Using Federal Assistance Grants and Roads to Recovery funds LGANT is able to manage 2122 km of local roads within NT local government areas.

In 2015 LGANT developed, with the Mungoorbada Aboriginal Incorporation, a five year plan for capital works on the Robinson River Road to improve safety and access for road users. Projects delivered to date on Robinson River Road have been

 4 mile Creek causeway access to airport completed in 2015  Telstra Tower 'jump up' alignment and gravel sheeting completed in 2016  Hobblestrap Creek Causeway and approaches completed in June 2018.  The Hobblestrap Creek Crossing and gravel sheeting contract was delivered by a Borroloola Company, Cairns Industry. Cairns Industry has also employed three local workers from the Robinson River community on these projects and also operates a concrete batching plant on leased land through Mungoorbada Aboriginal Corporation at the Robinson River community. This part of the project has now been completed.

It’s almost time to lodge - 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 lodged or included all of their income in their tax return, as well as check compliance with GST obligations. The Taxable payments annual report is due by 28 August 2018 for the 2017-18 financial year.

Who needs to report? From 1 July 2017, you need to report if you’re a government related entity. These include:  Federal government departments  Executive or statutory agencies or authorities  State or territory government departments and agencies  Local governing bodies established by or under state or territory law There are some classes of government related entities that have been exempt from reporting. A full list of these can be found at ato.gov.au/tparGov

What you need to report

From 1 July 2017, government entities at the federal, state, territory and local levels need to report total payments they make to entities for providing services each year. Federal, state and territory government entities will also need to report grants they pay to people or organisations with an Australian business number (ABN). Local government entities do not need to report grants.

If you make any of these payments you need to report them in the Taxable payments annual report and lodge the report to the ATO by 28 August.

How to lodge your report

You can lodge the report online by creating your report using business software that can generate the Taxable payments annual report. You can then lodge it through the ATO’s Portal’s by selecting ‘File transfer facility’. You will need an AUSkey to login to the ATO’s Portal

You can find more information about the ATO’s online services on their website

Some government entities don’t need to lodge a Taxable payments annual report if they are exempt from reporting. To find out more visit their website.

If you did not make any payments for services or pay grants to recipients that have an ABN, there is no need to lodge an annual report.

If you don’t need to lodge an annual report, you do need to let the ATO know by writing to them at [email protected] Remember to include the:

 name and ABN of your government entity  reason you don’t need to lodge  contact details for an authorised representative should they need to discuss the matter further.

ALGA COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE REGISTER

Members are reminded that the Community Infrastructure Register, which is an initiative of the ALGA to maintain a central register of potential community infrastructure projects around Australia is still open for input from councils.

It is considered to be an important source of information for ALGA, who will draw on this register in building the evidence base to strengthen the case for a Commonwealth funding program to assist councils to undertake vital projects to meet community needs.

If you haven't already done so, please register your intended infrastructure project on this site. Further detail can be found here

LOCAL BUY Local Buy offers whole of government pre-qualified supplier contracts to Northern Territory councils. Emma Peters, Regional Client Relations Manager for Local Buy in North and Far North Queensland has recently taken on responsibility of managing 14 Northern Territory councils in addition to her current portfolio. Representatives from NT councils will now have a dedicated resource when it comes to Local Buy. Emma will be contacting all councils in the Territory to educate councils officers about the goods and services available through Local Buy, and how councils can use the contracts to streamline their procurement processes and still comply with legislation. Emma has been account managing 37 councils in Northern Queensland since 2015 and is delighted to expand her reach into the Northern Territory. She resides in Townsville and works from office space provided by Townsville City Council. Local Buy assists councils through 35 pre-qualified supplier panels offering goods and services from advertising and media services to tyres, tubes and batteries. With innovative online purchasing tools including VendorPanel and LG Tenderbox, Emma hopes to improve efficiency across local government procurement and increase best practice and good governance. LGANT’s Mark Haggar will be supporting Emma to establish relationships in councils across the Northern Territory. If you would like to find out more about how Local Buy can assist your councils, don’t hesitate to contact Emma Peters on 0476 819 963 or email [email protected]

Registrations now open for Australian Disaster

Resilience Conference

6-7 September 2018

Our understanding of disaster resilience is changing. With new groups, new technologies and new partnerships, we have a chance to build new approaches to tackle the challenges.

Organised by the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, the first-ever Australian Disaster Resilience Conference will be held in Perth on 6-7 September 2018, to share thinking and practice in meeting the challenges of future disasters.

The Conference will explore:

 disaster resilience strategy and policy  new directions in resilience thinking  education for young people  animals in disasters  measuring and assessing disaster resilience  community recovery  innovative case studies that demonstrate disaster resilience in practice.

Tailored for a diverse audience, including local government, communities, NGOs, research organisations, education partners and the private sector, join the sector for two energising days of keynotes, panels, workshops, networking and more - all curated to broaden learning and encourage lively debate and discussion.

The Conference will provide an opportunity to share lessons and good practice and build a more inclusive and diverse community committed to building disaster resilience across Australia.

Register now to help shape the future thinking and action in disaster resilience.

GrantsNT Project Update

GrantsNT is an all-of-government online grants management systems that will be implemented across Northern Territory Government (NTG), providing end to end grant management processing and a single online portal for grant applicants to interact with government and to manage their grant activities.

Key features of GrantsNT include:

* Central online publication of NT Governments grants

* A single online profile for individuals and organisations to use when applying and managing NT Government grants

* A reporting and acquittal function for NT Government grant funding.

Project Update

* As of July 2018 the roll out will commence with all agencies progressing to the new GrantsNT system over time.

* Project development has been informed by consultation and feedback including agency staff and external grant recipients.

* Targeted to agency staff and grant recipients demonstrations will be delivered in Darwin in May and June 2018 and Alice Springs in May 2018.

For further information please visit the website or contact the GrantsNT Project Team on [email protected]

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