Community Council Cooperation: The Lake Macquarie City Council Co-Governance Delegation Model

Title
Community Council Cooperation: The Lake Macquarie City Council Co-Governance Delegation Model
Publication Date
2014
Author(s)
Dollery, Brian E
Kortt, Michael A
Crase, Lin
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1080/01900692.2014.903274
UNE publication id
une:15970
Abstract
In its 'Better, Stronger Local Government', the Independent Local Government Review Panel (2012a, 2012b) advanced several claims regarding the performance of New South Wales (NSW) local government, including the supposed need for additional "sub-council" governance structures. This article argues that there is no need to "reinvent the wheel" in NSW local government by introducing additional "sub-council" structures since existing regulation already enables local authorities to engage in local co-governance. Using the example of the Lake Macquarie City Council ("LakeMac") "delegation model", the article shows that LakeMac has been successful in its endeavors to engage widespread community participation in co-governance to manage council facilities.
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Citation
International Journal of Public Administration, 37(11), p. 747-755
ISSN
0190-0692
1532-4265
Start page
747
End page
755

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