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The new Victorian Pride Centre in St. Kilda is just months away from completion. Board Chair Jude Munro joins VLGA Connect to give us an update on the project and its unique and special design.
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Emma Dawson, the Executive Director of Per Capita, a progressive think tank, talks to VLGA Connect about the opportunity to transition from COVID-19 to a more just and equitable society.
Our weekly review of the week's news and views, including a recap of VLGA Connect stories and a look ahead to next week's discussions.
Diana Egerton-Warburton OAM returns to VLGA Connect to outline a crowdsourcing project to gather non-medical grade personal protective equipment that can be used for training purposes, thereby freeing up medical grade equipment for which supplies are limited.
Diana Egerton-Warburton OAM outlines her research work at Monash University to produce clear and simple resources to assist with messaging around social distancing requirements - a vitally important element of combatting the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
VLGA CEO Kathryn Arndt, and Reconciliation Victoria CEO Diana David talk about the range of nominations for this year's HART Awards - Helping Achieve Reconciliation Together - and set the scene for announcing the winners in a COVID-19 environment.
Stephen Cooper returns with a Governance Update, talking October Council elections, an Ombudsman report into recruitment and selection processes at a large regional Council, implementation of the new Local Government Act, and prospective Council candidate information sessions.
With Victorian local government elections proceeding in October 2020 the VLGA is committed to continuing to support councils and communities in local democracy.
Timothy Kariotis from the Melbourne School of Government is our guest in a live VLGA Connect session on the development of smart cities, and how concerns about data security and loss of privacy can be managed.
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