A square deal? Mining costs, mining royalties and local government in New South Wales, Australia

Title
A square deal? Mining costs, mining royalties and local government in New South Wales, Australia
Publication Date
2018
Author(s)
Drew, Joseph
Dollery, Brian E
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2760-865X
Email: bdollery@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:bdollery
Blackwell, Boyd
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8143-158X
Email: bblackw2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:bblackw2
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Pergamon Press
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1016/j.resourpol.2017.11.004
UNE publication id
une:22826
Abstract
Mining operations are often controversial since they can impose significant external costs on the local municipalities and local inhabitants. Under current legislative arrangements in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, local governments are constrained from recouping costs directly from mines by means of increased property taxes on mines due to state-wide limitations on tax increases - known colloquially as the 'rate-cap'. Moreover, mining royalties are paid directly to the NSW government and not to affected councils. In this paper, set against the background of mining activities in NSW, we estimate the magnitude of costs imposed by mining operations on rural and regional local authorities. We then offer alternative public policy solutions which would enable affected municipalities to recoup some or all of the cost burden placed on them by mining operations in their respective local government areas.
Link
Citation
Resources Policy, v.55, p. 113-122
ISSN
1873-7641
0301-4207
Start page
113
End page
122

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