City of Ryde LGA Report: Integrating Theory and Practice in LGA

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the City of Ryde Local Government Area (LGA), examining its role within the Australian local government framework. It begins with an introduction to the City of Ryde, its council, and the work unit, followed by an overview of the Australian Classification of Local Governments. The report then delves into the performance of the work unit, specifically focusing on tailored local services, and explores the concept of social justice within the LGA. It further discusses strategies for building the work unit's capacity to address identified issues. The study utilizes the City of Ryde as a case study, analyzing its population density, urban development, and the services it provides. The report highlights the importance of understanding local government structures, the significance of tailored services to meet community needs, and the integration of theory and practice to improve council performance and address social justice concerns. The conclusion summarizes the key findings and emphasizes the importance of effective local government practices for community well-being.

Theory Practice Integration

Abstract
From the below study it could be assessed that The City of Ryde has been selected as the
LGA that helps in carrying out work within local government and thus identify the areas where
improvement is required. The City of Ryde LGA has been selected for completing the study.
Local government plays a crucial role within the lives of individual within the six Australian
states and the Northern Territory and thus local government authorities exist to provide different
services and amenities to local community. Australian Council of Local Government categorises
its councils into different types using the density of population. Chosen LGA involves in the
classification system are those that receive general purpose and obtaining financial help so that
desired actions could be carried out.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Describe your LGA, your council, your work unit and your role..........................................1
Australian Classification of Local Government.....................................................................2
Performance of work unit.......................................................................................................3
Social justice in the LGA.......................................................................................................6
Building work unit's capacity to address the issues...............................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Here, the City of Ryde Council has been chosen as it is a local government area that
provides services within certain suburbs located within the lower North Shore and Northern
Suburbs of Sydney. The Australian Classification of Local Governments (ACLG) categorises
using population, density and proportion of population which is classified as urban for council
(Megarrity, 2011). LGA involves classification system that helps in receiving Financial
Assistance Grants (FAGs) as per the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995 (Scott,
2015). Here, for the present study City of Ryde has been chosen because of the density of
population which is 117,171 as per 2015 while the area covered by City of Ryde is 40.65 Km.
The present report discusses about the City of Ryde LGA, council and different aspects adopted
by local government practice so that issues faced by the chosen LGA could be assessed and thus
integrate such principles and practices in relation to preparing an appropriate structure of council.
Also, selecting work unit performance helps in using the information regarding community and
local area as well as council so that proper decision could be made in regard to selected aspect
for local government practice.
Describe your LGA, your council, your work unit and your role
Local government plays a crucial role within the lives of individual within the six
Australian states and the Northern Territory and thus local government authorities exist to
provide different services and amenities to local community because they are responsible for
regulating and providing wide range of services and amenities for land and property within the
district (Megarrity, 2011 pp 1). However, the local authority involves city councils while local
council refers to only state. It means that local councils are being formed by the state. It is
essential for each and every council to employ staff in regard to provide local government
services in regard to make crucial decision so that best results could be attained. Local
government area is stated as the administrative division of the country for which the local
government is being responsible for. However, the size of any LGA depends upon the country to
country but generally it is being categorized in state, province, division and territory. Local
Government within Australia is third tier of government and thus it is being administered by the
states and territories (Burke, 2017). While, local government is in the state constitutions it is not
being mentioned within the constitution of Australia. It has been assessed that the local
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governing body within Australia is considered as the council and thus territories governed are
collectively stated as LGA's. Terms such as City and Shire are used in order to demonstrate the
geographic interpretation. There are around 547 local councils in Australia (Megarrity, 2011).
City of Ryde
It is a local government area that helps in providing services within certain suburbs
located within the lower North Shore and Northern Suburbs of Sydney. However, City of Ryde
falls within the urban developed area due to the density of population. Planning controls helps in
explaining the standards and restrictions for a new development that helps in applying to a
location i.e. suburban, street etc with different types of development i.e. dwellings, villas that
helps in developing the provision of controlling the actions. City of Ryde provides different
guidelines, objectives and controls relating to the future development of city and thus develop
local planning direction for the city over next 20 years (Local Environmental Plan, 2016).
City of Ryde helps in developing comprehensive plan that helps in developing the plan
for the city together with the Ryde Development Control Plan in regard to provide the essential
framework to improve the performance of city. It also focuses upon balancing the needs of
residents, businesses and investors in order to attain future planning.
Vision of City of Ryde that helps the place to bring lifestyle and opportunity at residents
doorstep while the mission is that working with our community and partners helps in providing
strategic leadership, effective projects and quality customer service. City of Ryde involves
different values such as safety, teamwork, ethics and professionalism in order to improve the
performance of council.
Australian Classification of Local Government
It can be stated that Australian Council of Local Government categorises its councils into
different types using the density of population. LGA involves in the classification system are
those that receive general purpose and obtaining financial help so that desired actions could be
carried out. There are 3 steps involved within the classification and thus each and every step
allocates a prefix so that it could be developed as a three letter and class of local government
could be easily identified. City of Ryde falls within Urban Developed area which is divided on
the basis of density of population. The internal structure of the organization is being formed that
helps in identifying the local government principles and thus evaluate the members involved
within the council (Patton and McMahon, 2014). Thus, it is significant for local council to carry
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out the best practice and thus performs the operations in an effective way. It assesses that local
conflict is more likely to develop which means that there is a mix of social groups and thus carry
out urban development. Thus, local government politics in Australia focuses upon main three
things i.e. traditional ideologies in local government and their changing significance. Also, their
relationship among local government and other institutions so that levels could be decided in
terms of carrying out effective processes. Thus, it is being considered as effective and identify
the interests of local government in order to bring development within the council. Local
government provides commission so that it does not take the ACLG classification of council into
the account at the time of determining the level of attaining results (Northouse, 2015). However,
development of such type of system is being recognised that with so many types of local council
government in Australia and thus bringing change in population distribution patterns it helps in
developing different council so that local government could be reallocated to classification that
reflects the circumstances. Following is the structure of classification system-
 Urban- Population more than 20,000.
 Rural- Local Government Area with population less than 20000
However, working in planning department at Ryde Council does not live near this
development if they think that it is a good idea. Therefore, it is essential for government to
decide the structure maintained within the council in terms of providing proper vision and
mission so that Ryde Council is responsible for protecting the local heritage but do not possess
commitment. However, within the internal organisation structure involves different departments,
divisions and branches i.e. secretary and deputy secretaries. Thus, such authorities play a crucial
role in planning the activities of City of Ryde so that appropriate activities could be carried out in
regard to provide best services to the local community (Duchowski, 2017). Within Australia
carrying out Citizenship strategy results in actively promoting the concepts of democracy so that
satisfaction level of individual could be attained. Hence, developing partnership with different
governance authorities helps in developing strategies so that it ultimately helps in improving the
contribution of government in the development of society (Local Environmental Plan, 2016).
Further, in the later part two different aspects of local government practice is being
selected i.e. tailored local services and social justice in City of Ryde so that it helps in improving
the work area and thus carry out the operations of firm in market. Therefore, it is essential for
government to carry out the work with unit's capacity in regard to address the issues raised
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regarding its performance (Scott, 2015). Hence, assessing own performance results in improving
the same so that set outcomes could be attained.
Performance of work unit
Tailored local services
It is essential for LGA to understand and identify the different local services that are
required in order to perform the business operations. Thus, it is significant for business unit to
assess the work unit's key areas of operation and therefore, government aims to tailor the local
services so that it could prove to be useful for individual living in society. Hence, government
officials focus upon carrying out proper work unit performance and thus identify the key areas of
operation where specific changes are required (Butterfield and et. al., 2016). It is essential for
City of Ryde to identify the local services that are being provided by them, because it helps them
to bring required changes within the services so that desired results could be attained. Local
government in Australia is considered as the third tier of government in Australia which is
administered by the states and territories. Thus, City of Ryde LGA combines with different
agencies in relation to tailored the local services and thus perform the operations to satisfy the
needs of individual. It has been assessed that the local governing body is referred as council and
the territories governed are collectively refer to as Local Government Areas (LGA's). Here,
government focuses upon dividing the services with regard to the work unit's key areas of
operation so that different local services are being provided to residents in regard to make them
satisfied (Jolley and et. al., 2014).
There are different local services that needs to be tailored by government in terms of
satisfying the needs of residents so that it could satisfy their needs. Education, public health,
social services, disability etc. are stated as the local services that involves particular individual
within the work unit so that key areas of operation could be improved in order to attain desired
results (Marshall and et. al., 2014). Such services are significant aspect of council that interests
individual in regard to the work unit's key areas of operation so that local government need to be
involved within the services provided in regard to improve the performance of council.
Government need to introduce certain regulation so that they are focused upon providing tailored
local services to people living in Australia in regard to the work unit's key areas of operation.
Local services are required to be tailored by City of Ryde LGA and thus attain desired results
(Bismark and Studdert, 2014).
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Local Government Area focuses upon tailoring and bringing certain changes within
policies and practices so that work unit key areas of operation could be attained. Thus, adopting
effective resources it helps in describing the operations of council so that desired work unit is
performing their set targets effectively (Dew and et. al., 2014). City of Ryde LGA practices in
relation to support the services being provided in relation to people who are ill, injured or have
disability so that proper support system need to be followed so that residents could be satisfied.
Further, it could be assessed that tailoring local services helps in fulfilling the needs of
individuals and therefore, it aids in improving work unit's key areas of operation. Hence, it
assists in fulfilling the needs of enhancing local services so that work unit within LGA could be
improved so that desired results could be attained (Dong and et. al., 2015). City of Ryde LGA
provides tailored local services so that it helps in improving the performance of work unit and
thus raise their operations so that effective results could be attained. Thus, it is significant for
carrying out local government practice and thus perform the operations in significant manner so
that work unit's could enhance their performance so that desired satisfaction could be attained.
Improving the local services such as health, education, disability etc. helps in enhancing the
performance of work unit in relation to safeguard the policies and practices that results in
improving their efficiency so that appropriate outcomes could be attained (Domingues and et. al.,
2015).
Moreover, providing tailored local services helps in improving the work unit's key areas
of operation so that it enhances the operations and thus provide better opportunities to individual
living within City of Ryde. The department of local services influences youth to participate in the
local government practice and therefore results in improving the performance so that desired
operations could be attained (Hayes and et. al., 2015). Hence, it is significant for City of Ryde
local government practice to identify the local services that could be tailored as per the needs and
wants of individuals so that it could help in satisfying their needs and thus improve their
performance so that success could be attained (Local Environmental Plan, 2016.). However, it is
essential to identify the work unit and thus enhance the performance in terms of raising business
operations that aims to overcome the efficiency and thus work unit's key areas of operation could
be improved within selected city (Harris-Hogan, Barrelle and Zammit, 2016).
Hence, it could be assessed that tailored local services with regard to the work unit's key
areas of operation helps in improving the performance of individual so that appropriate outcomes
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could be attained. All the identified local services need to be tailored so that it helps in improving
the performance of individual and thus results in raising the performance. Thus, it could be
evaluated that City of Ryde LGA need to identify the local services and thus improve the
performance so that set targets could be attained (Dew and et. al., 2013). Adopting such aspect of
local government practice results in improving the work performance of individual work unit
because it helps in raising the performance so that desired results could be attained. It is
significant for council to identify the needs of individual and therefore provide them appropriate
services so that desired results could be attained. Through raising their performance it helps in
improving the business work culture and enhance the units so that work unit could raise their
operation in terms of improving the outcomes (Moran, Porter and Curth-Bibb, 2014).
Further, performance of work unit needs to be identified and thus assess its performance
as it helps in evaluating the desired performance so that overall objectives could be enhanced.
Tailored local services results in raising the participation of work unit so that desired
performance of local government practices results in raising its performance. Therefore, it is
significant for local government to participate within the work unit and thus raise the
performance of City of Ryde LGA so that it could attain desired outcomes. Such performance of
work unit results in raising their outcomes and thus bring tailored local services so that it helps in
improving the work unit (McKay, Coombs and Duerden, 2014).
Moreover, it is significant for local council to raise the work unit's key areas of operation
therefore, City of Ryde LGA requires raising its efficiency and thus community and local area
undertakes different plans, decisions, policies and activities so that tailored services could be
provided. Local services that needs to be tailored by government in terms of satisfying the needs
of residents so that it could satisfy their needs (Woodruffe and et. al., 2015). Education, public
health, social services, disability etc. are stated as the local services that involves particular
individual within the work unit so that key areas of operation could be improved in order to
attain desired results. Such services are significant aspect of council that interests individual in
regard to the work unit's key areas of operation so that local government need to be involved
within the services provided in regard to improve the performance of council (MacCallum,
Byrne and Steele, 2014).
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Social justice in the LGA
It assesses that there are various ways through which social justice could be promoted
within local government area. It involves housing that is basic necessity and thus considered as
the largest expenditure item of households helps in carrying out appropriate housing contribution
and thus helps in contributing to the health and well being. Thus, promoting such social justice
policies within City of Ryde LGA results in enhancing the increase and improve in the stack of
affordable housing and of social housing in particular (Eaton, Roberts and Turner, 2015).
Further, there are different changes required to improve and enhance the stock of affordable
housing and of social housing so that City of Ryde aims to promote social justice. Further,
another promotion of social justice is health therefore, primary and preventative health care
system results in promoting social justice so that it helps City of Ryde LGA to focus upon the
health of individuals living in council (Local Environmental Plan, 2016.). Thus, providing them
proper health and primary care results in using different approaches so that proper funding could
be obtained and thus implementing regional public health plan could be attained (Johnston and
et. al., 2013).
Further, another social justice in relation to mental health is being considered as poor part
of health system. Therefore, it is significant in relation to enhance mental illness so that through
improving investment by non government organisations it helps in carrying out effective mental
health process so that desired outcomes could be attained. It is significant way of promoting
social justice so that desired results could be attained (Stephenson and et. al., 2014). Moreover,
social and economic participation helps in considering that social participation is one of the main
indicator of overall health and thus refers to develop community and refers to the ways through
which people engages with each other and take part within the life of improving community in
wider context. All such way of promoting social justice within chosen LGA helps in raising the
awareness and thus carry out the effective form of promotion and attain desired results within
local government area (Butterfield and et. al., 2016).
Moreover, City of Ryde aims to promote social justice so that it could attain satisfaction
among the different social problems being faced. Thus, it is crucial for them to improve and
promote social justice so that economic participation could be improved within health and safety.
Social drivers helps in supporting people before patterns of isolation, alienation and anti-social
behaviour so that intervention and support could help in protecting the behaviour of individuals
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(Jolley and et. al., 2014). It is significant for promoting social justice so that child protection and
asylum seekers are required to raise their promotion within particular City of Ryde so that
individual could be benefited in terms of improving the services being provided to people.
Through evaluating the responses it results in improving the performance of individual
and thus carry out appropriate law and justice that ascertain that effective way to redress criminal
behaviour and thus overcome crime activities. Moreover, City of Ryde needs to build appropriate
law and justice so that it helps in continuing with the system so that vast majority of services
could be carried out in regard to improve the services and directed towards the desired results
(Marshall and et. al., 2014).
Social justice is considered as the fair and just relation between the individual and society
helps in measuring the explicit and distributing wealth so that opportunities could be obtained in
order to perform the business functions. Thus, in regard to promote social justice in Local
Government Area it is essential for council to assign different rights and responsibilities of
different installations working within the society and thus enables individual to receive the basic
benefits and burden of cooperation (Bismark and Studdert, 2014). It is essential for City of Ryde
to promote social justice and thus involve different benefits such as taxation, social insurance,
public health and other regulation that helps in providing different responsibilities so that local
government could promote social justice within area.
It can be evaluated that concept of social justice could be traced in relation to become
used and explicitly performing the desired performance so that appropriate outcomes could be
attained. Hence, it is crucial for City of Ryde to undertake effective practices and therefore, it is
considered as effective result and therefore improve the performance of social justice. With the
help of this international law and justice could be carried out that helps in promoting social
justice within LGA so that desired outcomes could be attained. Each and every official of
government is focused upon promoting social justice in City of Ryde LGA so that social justice
could be achieved (Dew and et. al., 2014).
There are different values and beliefs that social justice is being carried out in relation to
improve the performance and thus overcome the difficulties being faced by individuals living
within the society. Hence, it is crucial for them to obtain to promote such social justice policies
within City of Ryde LGA results in enhancing the increase and improve in the stack of
affordable housing and of social housing in particular (Dong and et. al., 2015). Further, there are
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different changes required to improve and enhance the stock of affordable housing and of social
housing so that chosen LGA aims to promote social justice (Local Environmental Plan, 2016.).
Therefore it assists in building social justice so that promotion of social justice to be improved in
terms of raising the business performance.
Furthermore, it is significant for City of Ryde LGA to promote social justice and do not
harm any individual living within the society through providing them appropriate services and
thus overcoming their issues. With the help of social drivers it helps in supporting people before
patterns of isolation, alienation and anti-social behaviour so that intervention and support could
help in protecting the behaviour of individuals. It is significant for promoting social justice so
that child protection and asylum seekers are required to raise their promotion within particular
LGA so that individual could be benefited in terms of improving the services being provided to
people (Domingues and et. al., 2015).
Building work unit's capacity to address the issues
It could be assessed that it is essential for City of Ryde LGA to promote and carry out
effective practices. It is essential for them to build the particular work units capacity and thus
address the issue being faced regarding performance. Further, it is essential for LGA to
undertake effective innovative practices and therefore results in improving the performance of
society so that work unit could raise the performance level (Lingard, Sellar and Savage, 2014). It
is significant for different NGO's to work in an effective manner so that practical and realistic
way so that participation of local government improves the performance of work unit. Further,
adopting innovation results in raising the performance so that appropriate work unit's capacity
could be raised in relation to build the performance and thus overcome the issues so that set
targets could be attained.
Moreover, it is essential for City of Ryde to develop effective policies and practice and
put forward them so that individual work unit capacity could be improved and thus raise their
performance in terms of improving efficiency and outcomes adopting social justice and urban
regeneration (Mills and et. al., 2014). Further, in regard to raise their performance it helps in
underpinning the subject matter and thus improves the promotion of social justice in LGA and
thus carry out effective outcomes within the structure of local council. Hence, it assists in
improving the social policies and activities so that work unit plans helps in making decisions so
that it ensures that appropriate policies could be provided (Lang and Heasman, 2015).
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