Challenges for communicators in future Australian local government

• Main Author: Simmons, Peter
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2014
• Subjects: JS Local government Municipal government; P Philology. Linguistics
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/13046/1/pro43.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/13046/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.298
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Local governments (LGOVs) are ubiquitous institutions for human cooperation and all need to communicate with their communities.Most Australian LGOVs employ at least one communicator but there are few principles to guide practice.This paper examines ‘responsible flexibility’, ‘soft governance’ and tr...