The debate on Australian federalism : local government financial interrelationships with state and commonwealth governments
By: WORTHINGTON, Andrew
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Contributor(s): DOLLERY, Brian.
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ArticlePublisher: Oxford : Blackwell Publishers Limited, December 2000Australian Journal of Public Administration 59, 4, p. 25-35Abstract: The nascent debate on Australian federalism has hitherto focused almost entirely on Commonwealth - state interrelationships to the virtual exclusion of local government. Since Australian local government employs around 156,000 people and spends in excess of $ 10 billion this neglect is unfortunate. In an effeort to at least partly remedy this oversight, the present paper seeks to assess various unsettled questions in local government financial relationships with both Commonwealth and state governments, especially the issue of financial assistance grants and their efficiency consequences
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The nascent debate on Australian federalism has hitherto focused almost entirely on Commonwealth - state interrelationships to the virtual exclusion of local government. Since Australian local government employs around 156,000 people and spends in excess of $ 10 billion this neglect is unfortunate. In an effeort to at least partly remedy this oversight, the present paper seeks to assess various unsettled questions in local government financial relationships with both Commonwealth and state governments, especially the issue of financial assistance grants and their efficiency consequences
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