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8–10 NOVEMBER 2017 | CROWN PERTH Annual State Conference Waves of Change: ocean of opportunities Waves of Change: ocean of opportunities President’s Welcome It is with great pleasure that I invite you to Sure, there is an ever tightening economic and budget join me at the 2017 Annual State Conference, environment in WA, and that will put greater pressure which once again promises to be a professional on local government. And yes, there are growing expectations on local government from our communities development highlight for those of us privileged to do more with less. to work in the local government sector. This However, the local government sector isn’t being forced year we convene at a new venue for the first to change—and therein lies a danger of becoming time in many years, and for the first time at an complacent. It’s therefore up to us to lead the change Annual State Conference we come together under ourselves—to set our own sails, navigate our own course our new Association brand—Local Government and determine our own destination. Professionals WA. This conference presents a range of speakers and topics designed to explore this theme and asks us what we It remains a priority of the Board to continue to deliver can and should be doing. Commencing with our opening events which provide members with value. This keynote speaker, Professor Nick Binedell, who will conference delivers on that priority. challenge us to recognise that strategic leadership starts This year our conference theme is “Waves of Change, at home, and closing with Rev Tim Costello’s address Oceans of Opportunities”, encapsulating the opportunity which allows us to reflect on the global context within that often comes with change. which we all live and work. One of the bigger changes we have seen in WA this year Included in the conference are plenty of opportunities to came with the change of State Government. network. Please take the time to introduce yourself to After the uncertainty and challenges of the recent new colleagues—it’s such a valuable component of this past, it is tempting to think that things have finally event. I encourage you to support our Corporate Partners settled down. There is evidence at the State level of by visiting their displays and be informed about their a willingness to improve the strained relationship, products and services. I also invite you to take time to reflected in the recently signed State–Local Government relax and reflect—and look forward to meeting you at Partnership Agreement. There is a commitment to the conference dinner. review the Local Government Act, offering us a chance My thanks go to the Conference Coordinating Committee, to work with the State Government to modernise the supported by Warren, Viola and the rest of the Local legislative framework we operate within. Government Professionals WA team, for putting together Neither the State or Federal Governments appear to be a wonderful program. considering major interventions in the local government It’s time to set sail… see you at the conference! sector. Jonathan Throssell, FLGP State President 2 Annual State Conference • 8–10 November 2017 • Crown Perth Waves of Change: ocean of opportunities Nick Binedell Nigel Marsh Wednesday 8 November Thursday 9 November 9.00 am—Opening Keynote 8.30 am—Opening Keynote Professor Nick Binedell is the Dean of the University of Nigel is the author of three best-selling books: Fat, Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science. He holds Forty and Fired; Overworked and Underlaid; and Fit, a PhD from the University of Washington in Seattle, Fifty and Fired-Up. where he was a Boeing Scholar, an MBA from the Nigel is also co-founder of Earth Hour (recognised as one University of Cape Town and a Bachelor of Commerce of the most successful brand launches anywhere in the degree from Rhodes University. world) and founder of The Sydney Skinny (both a world His passion and expertise is in formulation of business fi rst and a world record). He is currently making a TV strategy. He has a deep appreciation of the challenges series of his fi rst book with Matchbox (NBCUniversal). facing executives in complex organisations, such as local Alongside his writing, Nigel has a more conventional government and is interested in the competitive dynamics career as a CEO, business commentator and leadership that drive organisations and the challenging search for coach. Since moving to Australia in 2001, he has been excellence. responsible for a number of iconic communication After an initial career in the mining and manufacturing brands, such as Leo Burnett, George Patterson, and sectors, including a period as a general manager, Nick The Campaign Palace. In his role as CEO of strategic has invested the last 30 years of his career in business consultancy WEST82nd, Nigel is an advisor to a number education. He was invited to establish the Gordon Institute of Australia’s top CEOs. His articles have appeared in The of Business Science in 1998, focused on meeting the Financial Times, The Spectator and The Financial Review. individual and corporate needs of business in South Africa. His TED speech remains the most viewed online speech It has become a leading business school in South Africa given outside of America and has resulted in him being with a strong focus on partnering with leading corporates one of the world’s most sought-after experts on and providing a high level of local and international work–life balance. business education. The UK Financial Times ranked it one of the top 40 global executive education providers. Gihan Perera Ingrid Bishop Thursday 10 November 4.00 pm—Closing Keynote Wednesday 8 November 4.00 pm—Closing Keynote Gihan Perera is a futurist, conference speaker, author and consultant who gives business leaders a glimpse Ingrid’s experience and skills have been gained into what’s ahead—and how they can become fi t for from over 15 years in general management across the future. multi-national ASX companies, state government and Since 1997, he has helped business leaders, thought local government. leaders, entrepreneurs and other change agents—helping Ingrid is director of her own corporate consultancy them with their strategy for thriving in a fast-changing business, servicing the local government sector across world. He has clients throughout Australia, New Zealand, a broad range of strategic and operational areas and South Africa, the United Kingdom, Singapore, the USA specialising in service delivery, transition and change, and Canada. His books include The Future of Leadership; business reform and corporate planning. Ingrid is Fast, Flat and Free; Out of Offi ce; and Webinar Smarts. currently the Chief Operating Offi cer for the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Annual State Conference • 8–10 November 2017 • Crown Perth 3 Dixie Marshall Tim Costello Friday 10 November Friday 10 November 9.45 am—Concurrent Session 11.00 am—Closing Keynote Dixie Marshall walked away from a glamorous 27-year Rev Tim Costello is one of Australia’s best known career as a senior television newsreader and journalist community leaders and a sought-after voice on social to enter the brutal contact sport of politics. justice issues, leadership and ethics. As the Director of Strategic Communications and Media For 13 years until October 2016, Tim was Chief Executive for the Barnett Government, Dixie oversaw a $50 of World Vision Australia, placing the challenges of global million-dollar advertising budget, advised the Premier poverty on the national agenda. In his current role as and Cabinet on all signifi cant communication initiatives Chief Advocate, Tim continues to use his public profi le to and strategies, and devised a coordinated whole of affect change. government communications framework. It was the fi rst In addition Tim is Chair of the Community Council time a synchronised framework was adopted across the of Australia, and is a member of the following: the whole of WA Government and she changed the way Multi-Stakeholder Steering Committee of the EU-Australia a state government delivered its stories. Dixie drove Leadership Forum; Australian National Development a number of WA campaigns, from “Are You Ready?” Index; Concern Australia Advisory Group and the for bushfi re preparedness, to the WA state brand of Campaign for Australian Aid. “Worth Sharing”, and the controversial “Bigger Picture” Tim is a founding board member and spokesperson for story. Dixie was in the leadership team for two state the Alliance for Gambling Reform, which campaigns elections—one was a landslide victory, the other a for law reform to prevent harm from poker machine thumping defeat. Along the way she was applauded gambling. as an inspiration by many in the local advertising In earlier roles Tim was National President of the Baptist industry, while copping her fair share of criticism from Union of Australia and Mayor of St Kilda. He has been politicians (mostly on her own side) for being too fi erce Baptist Minister at St Kilda Baptist and Collins Street and uncompromising. It was a big shift from the role Baptist in Melbourne, as well as Executive Director of and reputation she had forged as a TV newsreader for Urban Seed. In these roles he spearheaded public debate the Nine Network. Dixie is now head of creative and on problem gambling, urban poverty, homelessness, partnerships for the Story Lab, part of the global media reconciliation and substance abuse. agency Dentsu Aegis. His books include Faith (2016), Hope (2012), Another Way to Love (co-edited with Rod Yule); Streets of Hope: Finding God in St Kilda; Tips from a Travelling Soul Searcher; and Wanna Bet? Winners and Losers in Gambling’s Luck Myth (co-written with Royce Millar).

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