Fixing Country Rail Funding Round Now Open
May 2017
"Fixing Country Rail is a program to fund rail infrastructure enhancement projects that eliminate connectivity constraints on the NSW regional rail network and reduce the cost to market for regional ...
New Accountabilities for Integrated Improvement Plans
March 2017
In December last year the Office of Local Government (OLG) released Circular 16-19 confirming that the Office intends to monitor councils’ performance against the Fit for the Future (FFTF) benchmarks ...
Is your Project Investment Ready?
February 2017
You wouldn’t expect a private investor to commit funds to a project without a high degree of confidence that it was ‘investment ready’, based on information provided and their own due diligence. It i...
Regional communities enjoy the benefits of $80 million in funding
January 2017
Morrison Low has built an expert team of financial analysts, economists, engineers and business case specialists who have developed an extensive track record of assisting councils prepare funding appl...
Social Housing Management Transfer Program
December 2016
In 2017 the NSW Government will set in motion a Social Housing Management Transfer tender. It will transform community housing providers operating in NSW. The gross revenue from this tender will be an...
Morrison Low appointed to multiple sub-categories on New Zealand’s All of Government Panel
December 2016
As part of the All-of-Government (AoG) Consultancy Services solution, MBIE has established the Business and Finance solution that offers eligible government agencies specialist advice and competitive ...
Shared services - the real benefits
December 2016
Shared Services are about building capacity and service sustainability for greater customer satisfaction.As we know, local government faces a continuing challenge to find ways to improve their organis...
Victoria - Rates Capping
December 2016
The Victorian rate capping environment is going to force considerable changes in the way councils plan and operate.In December 2015 the Victorian State Government passed a law that caps the amount tha...
Sustainability implications of the 1.5% rate peg
December 2016
With the recent announcement of the 2017/18 rate peg increase of 1.5%, most councils must be wondering how they can remain sustainable given increased community demand and the greater increase in cost...
The potential impact of proposed NSW rating changes
December 2016
IPART delivers its final recommendations to the minister this month (December). The draft report proposed a number of changes designed to give councils more flexibility, and the proposals, if implemen...