The human factor

By Barry Pirie | 03 December 2015
  • Barry Pirie

It’s fair to say that in the past few years, being in local government has not been a place for the faint-hearted.

Job losses, pay freezes and cuts to funding accompanied by intense scrutiny from the media and uncertainty from year to year about lies ahead have made it tough for everyone from the frontline worker to leader.

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