I am pleased to say that as of today a new flag with the new logo will fly above the Civic Centre. The Challenges Over the next four years and the next ten years there will be key challenges that will need to be dealt with by the Darwin City Council. At the top of the list is maintaining a unique and valued lifestyle. We all talk about our lifestyle but what it actually is, is often difficult to pin down and varies depending on who you ask to define it. Having sound long-term financial strategies in place is another high priority challenge.
Local government is susceptible to the whims of the economy just like everyone else.
We have in place a good debt management plan that will need to be constantly reviewed to keep pace with the changes in the economy. Coupled with this is the added pressures of finding greater efficiencies, managing decreasing external funding and balancing community expectations with available resources. Consulting with the community is a challenge that many governments fail to properly address. Finding efficient ways of overcoming this is the task ahead. Then there are the challenges that involve other levels of government.