Spontaneous structural reform in Australian local government: The case of the Gilgandra Co-operative model in New South Wales

Australian Geographer

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-409

  Dollery, Brian ^a   Moppett, Warrick ^b   Crase, Lin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Gilgandra Shire Council   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gilgandra shire council; Local government; Structural reform

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; FINANCIAL CRISIS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SERVICE PROVISION; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33750284322     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180600954807     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Allan, P. (2001) Secession: A manifesto for an independent Balmain Local Council, Balmain Secessionist Movement, Balmain.
2. Byrnes, J.L. and Dollery, B.E. (2002) Do economies of scale exist in Australian local government? A review of the research evidence' Urban Policy and Research, 20, pp. 391-414.
3. Carr, R.J. (2003) Speech presented to the annual conference of the Shires Association of NSW, 4June, Sydney.
4. Dollery, B.E. (2005) A critical evaluation of structural reform considerations in "rates and taxes: A fair share for responsible local government'" Australian Geographer, 36, pp. 385-97.
5. Dollery, B.E. and Burn, S. and Johnson, A. (2005) 'Structural reform in Australian local government: The Armidale Dumaresq-Guyra-Uralla-Walcha strategic alliance model' Sustaining Regions, 5(1), pp. 5-13.
6. Dollery, B.E. and Crase, L. (2004) Is bigger local government better? An evaluation of the case for Australian municipal amalgamation programs' Urban Policy and Research, 22, pp. 265-76.
7. Dollery, B.E. and Crase, L. and Johnson, A. (2006) Australian local government economics. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press.
8. Dollery, B.E. & Fleming, E. (2005) 'A conceptual note on scale economies, size economies and scope economies in Australian local government', UNE Working Paper Series in Economics, Working Paper 2005-6, School of Economic Studies, University of New England, Armidale.
9. Dollery, B.E. and Johnson, A. (2005) Enhancing efficiency in Australian local government: An evaluation of alternative models of municipal governance' Urban Policy and Research, 23, pp. 73-86.
10. Dollery, B.E. & Johnson, A. (2006) 'An analysis of the joint board or county model as the structural basis for effective Australian local governance', Australian Journal of Public Administration (forthcoming).
11. Dollery, B.E. and Johnson, A. and Marshall, N.A. and Witherby, A.W. (2005b) ROCs governing frameworks for sustainable regional economic development: A case study' Sustaining Regions, 4, pp. 15-21.
12. Dollery, B.E. & Ramsland, D. (2006) 'Alternative models of local government in Australia: The Wellington-Blayney-Cabonne strategic alliance', UNE Working Papers in Economics, School of Economics, University of New England, Armidale (forthcoming).
13. Gilgandra Shire Council (2004) Co-operative/local government service company concept paper, Gilgandra Shire Council, Gilgandra.
14. Haveri, A. (2006) Complexity in local government change: Limits to rational reforming' Public Management Review, 8, pp. 31-46.
15. House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration ('Hawker Report') (2004) Rates and taxes: A fair share for responsible local government, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
16. Johnson, A.K. (2003) 'Financing local government in Australia'. In Reshaping Australian local government: Finance, governance and reform. (pp. 37-63). Sydney: University of New South Wales Press.
17. Local Government Association of Queensland (2005) Size, shape and sustainability of Queensland local government, Local Government Association of Queensland, Brisbane.
18. New South Wales Department of Local Government (2004) Comparative information on New South Wales local government councils 2002-2003, NSW Department of Local Government, Sydney.
19. Paris, M. (2006) 'Local e-government and devolution: Electronic service delivery in Northern Ireland' Local Government Studies, 32, pp. 41-53.
20. Proeller, I. (2006) 'Trends in local government in Europe' Public Management Review, 8, pp. 7-29.
21. Shires Association of NSW (2004) 'A joint board model', draft discussion paper, Shires Association of NSW, Sydney.
22. Tewdwr-Jones, M. and Morphet, J. and Allmendinger, P. (2006) 'The contested strategies of local governance: Community strategies, development plans, and local government modernisation' Environment and Planning A, 38, pp. 533-51.
23. Thornton, J. (1995) The urban parish: An alternative approach to local government amalgamation, Local Government Development Program Research Series, Office of Local Government, Commonwealth Department of Housing and Regional Development, Canberra.
24. Warner, M.E. and Pratt, J.E. (2005) Spatial diversity in local government revenue effort under decentralization: A neural-network approach' Environment and Planning C, 23, pp. 657-77.