Community consultation in Victorian Local Government: A case of mixing metaphors?

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 152-166

  Brackertz, Nicola ^a   Meredyth, Denise ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community consultation; Practice guidelines; Victorian councils

Indexed keywords

EID: 66449096571     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2009.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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