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Revitalising Local Government: Panel recommends new regional structures (part 1)

Posted on 20 January, 2014 by Alex

I indicated in my previous post on the release of the NSW Independent Local Government Review Panel’s final report Revitalising Local Government that I intended to provide a summary of the report’s key findings and recommendations, especially in relation to … Continue reading →

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Recent Presentation: Options for Regional Collaboration

Posted on 24 August, 2013 by Alex

Recently I presented on this topic to a joint SGS and University of Technology Centre for Local Government Roundtable on “service delivery in a changing context”. My presentation was based on research I have prepared over the past two years analysing ROCs in NSW … Continue reading →

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Report on Australian and New Zealand Local Government reforms released

Posted on 13 June, 2013 by Alex

The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) has published a snapshot of current local government review and reform processes in Australia and in New Zealand that were active in late February and early March 2013. The research report, … Continue reading →

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Report released on options to enhance regional collaboration amongst NSW councils

Posted on 5 December, 2012 by Alex

The NSW Independent Local Government Review Panel has just released Options to Enhance Regional Collaboration amongst Councils in NSW. This report was prepared independently for the Panel by Gooding Davies Consultancy and is available from the Panel’s website, along with … Continue reading →

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Gooding Davies regional organisation study released

Posted on 20 January, 2012 by Alex

A major audit of regional organisation of councils (ROCs) in NSW and Western Australia prepared by Gooding Davies Consultancy has just been released. The study was prepared for the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) and the Northern … Continue reading →

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Will the new NSW Transport Authority succeed?

Posted on 20 April, 2011 by Alex

Yesterday’s announcement by the new NSW Government of the creation of a new Integrated Transport Authority (ITA) not only fulfils a major election promise but also highlights the extent of the government’s transport ambitions.   The announcement also echoes many … Continue reading →

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O’Farrell’s new Ministry has a few surprises

Posted on 3 April, 2011 by Alex

The NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell today announced his new ministry, with a few surprises. Much has been made in the media about the two new MPs, Robyn Parker (Maitland) who is Environment and Heritage Minister and Graham Annesley (Miranda), who takes … Continue reading →

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Seven things O’Farrell should do in the first 100 days

Posted on 29 March, 2011 by Alex

There is no doubt that Mr O’Farrell and his party scored an emphatic victory in the NSW election, rewriting the record books in the process. While the main factor in the result was the electorate’s obvious dissatisfaction with the performance of … Continue reading →

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Sydney, population growth – and the rise of “mega-councils” (part 5 – conclusions)

Posted on 14 September, 2010 by Alex

In the first four posts in this series I looked at the distribution of Sydney’s forecast population growth across local government areas and in particular the projected increase in the number of councils with populations over 200,000, from two in … Continue reading →

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Sydney transport inquiry – final report released

Posted on 5 June, 2010 by Alex

Well, it’s out. The final report of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Independent Public Inquiry into Sydney’s public transport, chaired by Mr Ron Christie, was published by the Herald earlier this week. The report follows the release of the Preliminary Report … Continue reading →

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