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  • One of A Kind: Local Government in Outback Central West Queensland

    Author(s)
    Dollery, Brian
    Wallis, Joe
    Akimov, Alexandr
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Akimov, Alexandr
    Year published
    2007
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    Abstract
    The analysis of Australian local government reform almost invariably focuses on systemic changes that can be wrought by the application of various policy instruments, like the structural reform of the scale of local councils or changes to the enabling legislation governing local government. Scholars typically use this approach and differentiate the efficacy of reform measures according to classifications of council by generic type. While this approach has been exceedingly fruitful in the past, this paper argues that small, remote and isolated Australian local authorities are sui generis in the sense that they are not ...
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    The analysis of Australian local government reform almost invariably focuses on systemic changes that can be wrought by the application of various policy instruments, like the structural reform of the scale of local councils or changes to the enabling legislation governing local government. Scholars typically use this approach and differentiate the efficacy of reform measures according to classifications of council by generic type. While this approach has been exceedingly fruitful in the past, this paper argues that small, remote and isolated Australian local authorities are sui generis in the sense that they are not amenable to standard reform policies owing to their unique circumstances and special characteristics. The paper considers the case of eleven local shires in the Central West outback of Queensland that comprises the Remote Areas Planning and Development Board (RAPAD) group of councils and attempts to draw some general lessons for local government policymakers.
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    Journal Title
    Working Papers
    Volume
    2007
    Issue
    10
    Publisher URI
    https://www.une.edu.au/about-une/faculty-of-science-agriculture-business-and-law/unebs/centre-for-local-government/research/working-papers
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/36263
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