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Six essential skills for excellent local government councillors.

Women have historically been underrepresented in political leadership at all levels of government and this still remains the case today. In this article, we explore the common barriers to women entering local politics and share some ways in which these barriers could be addressed.

Many of the leaderships skills acquired as a community leader are directly transferrable to the role of an elected representative. However, a successful councillor must also possess a unique set of characteristics that enable them to not only lead their communities, but to govern a large complex organisation. In this blog post, we will share the top ten characteristics of good community leaders that are directly transferrable to political leadership.

This year is the year of elections, with New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria all having local government elections in 2024. In this blog, we share the go to resources for aspiring candidates. Each State and jurisdiction has different rules and requirements, so its important to be familiar with what is required in your State.

We elect leaders to make the best possible decisions for our communities. And put simply, a healthy mind makes for better decisions. Supporting the resilience and wellbeing of local councillors is a core focus of our support and we are thrilled to be recognised in a global list of trailblazers in this space.