Structural Reform in Australian Local Government

Brian Edward Dollery; Joel David Byrnes; Lin Crase

doi:10.1080/10361140802035820

Structural Reform in Australian Local Government

Brian Edward Dollery
, Joel David Byrnes
, Lin Crase

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Abstract

Amalgamation has always been the favoured Australian policy instrument for improving the efficiency of Local government. However, this policy consensus has flown against mounting evidence that amalgamation not only often fails to reduce costs, but also generates significant unintended negative consequences. This note considers various recent reports into Australian Local government and argues that earlier policy consensus on the efficacy of Local council amalgamation has vanished.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	333-339
Journal	Australian Journal of Political Science
Volume	43
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10361140802035820
Publication status	Published - 2008

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Urban and Regional Economics

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