National Awards for Local Government
The National Awards for Local Government (NALG) is an Australian Government initiative established in 1986 to acknowledge and encourage local governments to improve through innovation and excellence their business practices and service delivery to their communities.
What are the National Awards for Local Government?
Entries for the 2008 National Awards have now closed.
Category judging is now taking place. An announcement of the 2008 category and commendation winners is expected to be posted here during the week of 18 August 2008.
2007 National Awards Winners' Books and 2007 Leading Practice Handbooks:
Limited copies of these books are available free of change. Please email your request with postal address to awards@infrastructure.gov.au.
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The categories and fact sheets for the 2008 National Awards for Local Government are listed here.
Category winners talk about entering the 2007 National Awards
Video featuring category winners speaking about entering the 2007 National Awards.
Interviews with 2007 category winners
Video interviews conducted with the 2007 NALG category winners.
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There are a number of Departments involved in sponsoring these awards and details about them are given here.
Online Guide to Leading Practice in Local Government
Search for information about leading practice in local government and the national awards from this page.
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These seminars are designed to promote the sharing of leading practice in local government across Australia and details can be obtained from this page.