RISK, LEGAL & PROPERTY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP |
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Tuesday 28 July 2020, 10:30 am – 11:45 am
Virtual Meeting
A link will be provided to registered delegates
Speakers:
- Dave Shelley, Managing Principal, Page Seager Lawyer
- Simon Levy, Head of Strategic Risk (Vic & TAS) AND Ellie Diaz (Principal Consultant) Strategic Risk Services, Marsh / JLT Public Sector
The meeting will include a COVID-19 debrief.
Kindly supported by Page Seager and JLT Public Sector.
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HR SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP |
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Thursday 30 July, 9:45 am - 12 noon
Virtual Meeting
A link will be provided to registered delegates
Speakers:
- Dave Dilger, Director, Edge Legal
- Tony Miller, Director, CouncilJobs
- Ekaterina Skalidis, Principal, Dobson Mitchell Allport
- Jon Evans, Director, Strength 4 Life
The meeting will include a round table discussion.
Kindly supported by Edge Legal and CouncilJobs.
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EXCLUSIVE FREE MASTERCLASS |
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- Use emotional intelligence to create psychologically safety at work
- Increase performance and reduce workplace risk
- Be a ‘future fit’ leader
As you start to move your teams back into the workplace, you’ll need to make employees feel safe and secure, not just physically but emotionally too. And not just because it's a nice thing to have, it's also a mandatory element of success (plus it reduces the risk of getting into legal strife).
A growing body of research confirms that leaders who are emotionally intelligent are more easily able to create psychological safety at work. They’re also the leaders that people want to work with because they empower their teams, achieve higher performance and they help reduce the risk of work-related psychological injury.
These ‘future-fit’ leaders are strong in emotional intelligence.
In this virtual masterclass from Linda Manaena
and Nicole Stafford you’ll learn the key components of emotionally intelligent
leadership and how to create an environment that is psychologically safe.
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AUSTRALASIAN MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE |
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All the best this year to:
- City of Launceston - Team Confluence
- Glenorchy City Council - Team GROWing Glenorchy
- Devonport City Council - Team Living City
who are competing in the very first virtual Challenge ever conducted this Wednesday 22 July. Keep an eye out for the results in August. Good luck teams!LG Professionals would like to sincerely thank Peter Murfett, long time Facilitator of the Management Challenge as he steps down from the role after this year's Challenge.
We welcome Paul West, River Road Consulting to the role of Observer in 2020 and Facilitator in 2021. |
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ANNUAL AWARDS & RAYMOND WEST SCHOLARSHIP |
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Thanks to all those who have entered the 2020 LG Professionals Annual Awards.
Judging will take place shortly and the winners named at a virtual meeting in August. If you have made a submission, keep an eye out for an invitation to attend the meeting.
All the best to the nominees!
Unfortunately due to the current circumstances, the Raymond West Scholarship will not be offered in 2020.
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REFLECTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BY ANDREW WARDLAW |
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In February I made a decision to move on from my role as general manager at the Burnie City Council in July 2020. I joined local government in October 1993 at a time when local government had been through major reform that included a reduction in the number of councils and the introduction of the Local Government Act 1993.
I have thoroughly enjoyed the 27 years I have been working in local government and cannot underestimate the importance of being a member of Local Government Professionals Australia. |
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The national and state conferences has allowed me
to be abreast of issues affecting local government and provided opportunities
to introduce improvements to the systems and processes that are important to
ensuring that local government is being the best it can be. The most important part of being involved
with LGPA has been the network opportunities that allows you to look at how
other people have managed their challenges, which are more often than not
things that you have or will experience in dealing with the challenges
presented to local government professionals on a daily basis.
During my time in local government the biggest
change was the reform of water and sewerage in 2009. The work undertaken by local government
professionals, assisting state government in this transition was massive for
2-3 years. This involved being dedicated
to various working groups in the transition while there was political posturing
at play regarding the shaping of the new water and sewerage entity. I am a firm
believer that Tasmania is better for this reform, with better water and
sewerage services, however it must be acknowledged that this has come at a cost
to residents and businesses. The best
outcome for local government in Tasmania has been the retention of ownership
that has allowed dividends to be returned to ratepayers in lieu of
taxpayers. Many may argue that the
ratepayer and taxpayer are the same, for me the difference is that the
ratepayer has a better chance of the dividends being spent on things that
contribute to the fabric of the local community where the funds are
raised. Local government needs to
continue to fight hard for these dividends to be retained.
Over the last 27 years the missed opportunity for
local government was not allowing the reform in 1998 to proceed. While it may be argued that reform in 1998
was too soon after the changes in 1993, it has stymied any political leader to
tackle the issue since. It is my view
that if it wasn’t for the failed attempt in 1998, we would have seen this issue
seriously tackled maybe 10-15 years ago.
The voluntary amalgamation policy that is in place in Tasmania at
present will not deliver sustainable and meaningful reform as it only allows willing
partners to explore what’s best for their municipals areas, ignoring the
broader benefits of sectoral reform.
This matter has been a major discussion point since 1998 and will
continue for many years to come, or at least until there is a mature discussion
between political leaders and the local government sector. Reform does not necessarily mean broad scale
amalgamation and loss of elected representatives in the main street of any town
or city. There are models where local
communities can retain the appropriate governance arrangements while allowing
the administrative elements required for the delivery of services to be
consolidated.
Anyway, that is just a couple of matters from my
27 years and I wish local government professionals all the best in tackling the
many challenges that make life in local government so interesting. I have resigned not retired and there is a
few more years in this old dog, I look forward to crossing paths with many of
you as I explore new opportunities prior to retirement.
Message from our President On behalf of the Board and all members, sincere thanks to Andrew for his contribution to LG Professionals and local government over 27 years.
Andrew’s contribution to LG Professionals has been significant, including terms as National and State President. Andrew has always given freely of himself to LG Professionals and has continued to provide advice and assistance to us since stepping down from the Board. Andrew will be sadly missed by the local government network.
Gary Arnold
President, LG Professionals Tasmania |
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For over 30 years, Work & Training has worked with businesses, individuals and their communities to create pathways to employment.
Work & Training can offer a flexible suite of training and employment services to assist Tasmanian businesses to build new opportunities and deliver growth for the future.
Work & Training offer solutions for the placement, management and assessment of apprentices & trainees, as well as permanent, temporary & unbundled recruitment solutions, labour hire and workplace training. No matter if you need a short-term apprentice placement to fill a sudden gap in capacity, need to upskill your current employees or you’re looking to partner with a recruitment provider long-term, we’ve got you covered.
Work & Training, with offices in Hobart, Launceston and Devonport is a not-for-profit company as well as the largest private provider of training across our state. Through providing training and employment support we have assisted hundreds of Tasmanian organisations to achieve their business goals.
To learn more about hiring apprentices & trainees, recruitment & labour hire services, and our suite of workplace training go to workandtraining.com.au
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NOT-FOR-PROFIT FINANCE WEEK 2020 |
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Join CBA for a series of free webinars during Not-for-Profit Finance Week from the 3 – 7 August including:
Registration is free. Click on the topic above to register and click here for further information and other webinars in the series.
Not-for-Profit Finance Week is proudly brought to you by Commonwealth Bank and Our Community.
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The objectives of LGATASSIST (formerly the LGAT Welfare Fund) are to:
- Provide local government employees with support and assistance during times of health, financial and general personal difficulty
- To offer low interest loans to local government employees who are employed on a permanent basis.
- Access to financial counselling to assist with household management
- Three bursaries annually, to enable local government employees or their dependents to attend the University of Tasmania (conditions apply)
- Non-refundable grants may be approved for cases of extraordinary financial hardship.
Mr Geoff Dodge, Life Member, LG Professionals Tasmania is our representative on the LGATASSIST Board.
Click here for further information. |
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