1. This is a placeholder image. To replace either right click and select “change picture” or insert a new picture via the insert menu and crop to size. Local Government Victoria Update A look at the data, have you got proof? LGMA Conference, 30/31 st April 2015 Mark Grant, Director Sector Performance and Development, LGV 1

2. Local Government Victoria – Emergent Data 2 1.Performance Reporting 2.Strategic Resource Planning 3.Productivity and business sustainability The

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10. Where Will the “Missing Money” Come From? (Not Here!)

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14. An Asset Renewal Gap?

15. Victoria’s Self Assessment Under National Asset Management Framework Question: How Accurate are our Condition Assessments? Answer: Not Very! The

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18. “Integrated service delivery and network management to create value for customers, water corporations and Government …” What is an Intelligent Water Network? Mine data to create intelligence “smarter utility decision making” Remote shut off to stop leakages & re-route resource flows as needed

19. Water Innovation Forum 2015 Participant, March 18, 2015 “One exciting program trial involves trialing multiple technologies to improve leak detection in water pipes, especially old pipes from the 60's and 70's. Some of the new technologies and innovative approaches are: pipe rover, pressure waves, digital noise, and one using CSRIO fibre optic technology”.

20. 20 Sustainable Business Practices: Three Recent Innovations Towong Shire providing the rating function for Indigo Shire, delivering a 50% reduction in cost for notice production across the two small shires). Five Shires around Ballarat reducing Bituminous resealing costs by $3.15 m over the life of the contract period by negotiating a single harmonised contract Nine Metropolitan Councils in Melbourne's East developed a standard specification and contract for Line Marking delivering $800,000 in recurrent savings.