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Equality Starts Locally - New Partnership Between the VLGA & GenVic 

Date: 27 May 2020
Category: Media
Gender Equity Victoria (GenVic) and the Victorian Local Governance Association (VLGA) today launch their partnership for gender equity, with a webinar featuring world leading Gender & Disaster experts from across the globe providing advice to local prevention partnerships across Victoria. 
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VLGA Connect: Episode 49 - Emma Dawson, Per Capita

Date: 26 May 2020
Category: Media

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.

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VLGA Connect: Episode 48 - Newsroom with Kathryn Arndt

Date: 26 May 2020
Category: Media

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.

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VLGA Connect: Episode 47 - Crowdsourcing PPE for training purposes

Date: 26 May 2020
Category: Media

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.

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VLGA Connect: Episode 46 - Social Distancing Resources for businesses and workplaces

Date: 26 May 2020
Category: Media

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.

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VLGA Connect: Episode 45 - HART Awards 2020

Date: 26 May 2020
Category: Media

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.

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VLGA Connect: Episode 44 - Governance Update with Stephen Cooper

Date: 21 May 2020
Category: Media

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.

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VLGA challenges councillors to ‘Tap Her on the Shoulder’

Date: 21 May 2020
Category: Media

With Victorian local government elections proceeding in October 2020 the VLGA is committed to continuing to support councils and communities in local democracy.

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VLGA Connect: Episode 43 - Live session with Tim Kariotis

Date: 19 May 2020
Category: Media

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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VLGA Connect: Episode 42 - Andrew Greaves, Victorian Auditor-General

Date: 19 May 2020
Category: Media

The Victorian Auditor-General Andrew Greaves speaks with us about the work of his agency, and how it has changed during COVID-19, as well as the current audit of procedures for dealing with sexual harrassment matters within local government.

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