No Lessons Learned: A Critique of the Queensland Local Government Reform Commission 'Final Report'

Title
No Lessons Learned: A Critique of the Queensland Local Government Reform Commission 'Final Report'
Publication Date
2008
Author(s)
Dollery, Brian Edward
Mun Ho, Chong
Alin, James
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australian National University, College of Business and Economics
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:3605
Abstract
On 17 April 2007 the Queensland government established a Reform Commission to consider the compulsory amalgamation of local councils. On 27 July 2007 the Commission recommended a program of compulsory amalgamation that would reduce the number of local councils from 157 to 73. These recommendations were passed into law amidst great acrimony in the early hours of 10 August. This paper provides a critical evaluation of the arguments for amalgamation presented by the Commission in the light of the scholarly literature on local government mergers.
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Citation
Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, 15(1), p. 67-84
ISSN
1447-4735
1322-1833
Start page
67
End page
84

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