Communiqués
National Local Roads and Transport Congress
ALGA's National Local Roads and Transport Congress is held in July each year in regional Australia. The communiqués summarise key congress outcomes.
- 2009 National Local Roads Congress
- 10 November 2009, Mackay, Queensland
… Recognising the critical importance of Australia’s transport system for the economic and social wellbeing of the nation, delegates to the 2009 National Local Roads and Transport Congress meeting in Mackay, Queensland, called for greater collaboration between all levels of government on the planning, delivery and funding of transport infrastructure at the local, regional, state and national level. … - 2008 National Local Roads Congress
- 17 June 2008, Shepparton, Victoria
… Delegates to the 2008 National Local Roads and Transport Congress meeting in Shepparton, Victoria, reaffirm local government’s commitment to the Local Government’s Roads and Transport Strategy 2006–2016. … - 2007 National Local Roads Congress
- 10 July 2007, Newcastle, NSW
… More than 400 delegates from councils across Australia meeting as the 2007 National Local Roads and Transport Congress call on all political parties in the lead up to the Federal election to commit to election policies that incorporate a broadly-based roads and transport agenda to deliver safe, efficient, effective, and equitable transport services and infrastructure throughout Australia. … - 2005 National Local Roads Congress
- 5 July 2005, Launceston, Tasmania
… Delegates called on the Australian Government to provide fair funding to local government and replace the archaic system of financial assistance grants with growth funding based on at least one per cent share of national taxation revenue. … - 2004 National Local Roads Congress
- 13 July 2004, Tanunda, South Australia
The major issues addressed by the Congress included: the operation of the renewed Roads to Recovery program, particularly the $400m strategic component of the program, the implications for local government of the recently announced AusLink program, regional road programs, state and local government cooperation, national heavy vehicle reforms, transport security, community transport/mobility of older persons and local government road safety programs. - 2003 National Local Roads Congress
- 2 July 2003, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Local government owns and maintains 680,000 km of road (around 85 per cent of the national road network). It is an asset valued at $75 billion. This local road network is under increasing pressure with freight and passenger transport forecast to increase dramatically over the next decade. The Kalgoorlie Congress discussed a wide range of challenges and opportunities facing local government as it responds to these concerns.
