Joint Organisations
November 2017
It has been a long time coming but Joint Organisations are now here. After the last few years it will be interesting to see how the industry reacts to this latest voluntary program of the Office of Lo...
Cost of Growth
November 2017
Investment in the infrastructure required to support a growing population comes with significant risk for local authorities. Failure to get it right means that ratepayers are funding that growth.
Special Schedule 7 to be completed soon
August 2017
With the preparation of the 2016/17 financial statements well underway it is essential to have reliable and accurate reporting of your organisation’s infrastructure needs. Having a reliable, repeatabl...
Special Schedule 7
June 2017
By now we all appreciate the importance of fully understanding our organisation’s infrastructure needs and the importance of infrastructure reporting via Special Schedule 7. Having a reliable, repeata...
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 ...