Bulletin (PDF 18.3 MB) - City of Armadale

Information BulletinCorrespondence & PapersPage Cor-1826 November 2010ALGA NEWSCouncils urged to apply for Healthy Communities' grantsOn 20 November 2010 the Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, announced a further$23 million in funding available to local governments to deliver programs to help theircommunities get active, eat well and adopt a healthier lifestyle. Part of the $71.8 millionHealthy Communities Initiative, grants to local government will help to combat the rise ofchronic disease amongst adults predominately not in the paid workforce in communities withhigh rates of obesity and social disadvantage. All councils except those currently fundedthrough the Pilot Phase, are eligible to apply for as many as 33 grants of up to $703,607.The funding will begin next April and run to June 2013.The City of Playford SA is a pilot study with programs and activities being undertakenincluding:• Food Co-operative and Mobile Food Co-Op - Utilises a locally developed training package to providetraining in nutrition education, food handling, food safety and customer service.• Picking up the Ball - Provides access to subsidised accredited training in sports administration, fitnesstraining or program specific qualifications to participants drawn from community based local sportingclubs.• 426 Parent Program - Provides support to parents with a focus on sport and recreation, education andskills development.• Life Long Learning - Marni Waiendi - seeks to engage significantly at-risk Indigenouscommunity members and provide practical pathways to structured learning and ultimatelyemployment opportunities. The programs are conducted through the Northern AdelaideAboriginal Sport and Recreation Association and include dietary education, obesity preventionawareness raising and the promotion of healthy lifestyles.• Life Long Learning - Builds on an existing program that transitions unemployed participants toworkforce participation. This initiative will promote healthy living in training and workexperience programs.ALGA NEWSAirport Amendment Bill 2010The Senate Rural Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee has reported on the AirportAmendment Bill 2010.ALGA made a submission to the Inquiry and appeared as a witness. The ALGA submissionwhile welcoming what was proposed in the Bill considered it did not go far enough as it stillleft developments on airport land outside the control of local planning processes. ALGA alsoraised the issue of payment of developer contributions and rates by on airport non aviationdevelopments.The purpose of the Bill is to amend existing legislation to create new consultativerequirements for developments on Commonwealth leased airport land. The objective of thelegislation is to address the concerns about planning on airports not being subject to stateand local government planning regimes. The legislation provides the establishment ofconsultative arrangements at each airport as part of the development of airport masterplans.