NSW moves to merge councils labelled a “mockery of fair process”
Local government declares reforms rushed.
9 June, 2015Local government declares reforms rushed.
9 June, 2015Etiquette lessons for Toole?
28 April, 2015By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski A push by the Independent Local Government Review Panel to the New South Wales government to encourage “voluntary amalgamations” of councils has sparked widely divergent reactions from stakeholders as peak body Local Government NSW (LGNSW) continues to argue that forced mergers are not, and should not, be state government […]
29 April, 2013By Julian Bajkowski Council enforcement and compliance powers covering parking, planning, health and safety in New South Wales could soon be rewritten after the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) pressed ahead with a wide-ranging regulatory review. In an issues paper released on Monday, IPART has called for state and local governments to put forward […]
17 September, 2012The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) will undertake a review of local council’s revenues for the first time in 31 years. Announcing the plan, NSW local government minister Paul Lynch said the IPART would investigate and make recommendations on local government revenue. “A review is overdue and IPART is the appropriate body to undertake […]
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