General News
24 June, 2024
Joint effort to bolster cybersecurity
EIGHT councils will pilot a model for shared services. Loddon Shire has put $5000 towards the $90,000 project for cybersecurity, procurement and legal services to start in the new financial year. Local Government Minister Melissa Horne committed the...
EIGHT councils will pilot a model for shared services.
Loddon Shire has put $5000 towards the $90,000 project for cybersecurity, procurement and legal services to start in the new financial year.
Local Government Minister Melissa Horne committed the State Government to $50,000 when Loddon Campaspe Group of Councils met in Bendigo last Friday.
A Loddon spokesperson said: “Loddon Campaspe Councils group collaborated to identify internal services that would benefit from a shared service model while prioritising services that addressed elements of business risk.
“The selected areas offer opportunities for more competitive purchasing power and attraction of specialist resourcing difficult for individual councils to attract alone on a small part-time basis; gaps which are often filled with consultancy arrangements.”
The group includes also includes Greater Bendigo, Buloke, Campaspe, Central Goldfields, Gannawarra, Hepburn, Macedon Ranges and Mount Alexander Shire councils. The Government said the pilot may be extended to other councils.