From 19–21 October, we attended the LGNSW Annual Conference in Coffs Harbour, NSW. We promoted CLAIR’s activities including this year’s CLAIR Forum, Japanese tourism and sister city relationships between NSW and Japanese local government areas. We met with many familiar faces and made a host of new contacts at our exhibition booth and during Conference events.
This conference was an excellent opportunity for us to see the common challenges between Australia and Japan, such as council amalgamations and assistance grant freezes, even though the Australian economy is in a much better state than Japan’s.
Of course, CLAIR is always glad to offer information on the Japanese local government system at Australian and New Zealand local government events.
We were very happy to talk to all the people who stopped by our booth. We look forward to seeing our NSW local government friends again and working with them in the years to come on further strengthening Australia-Japan ties.
