CLG/Members & Associates
Members and Associates of the Centre include academic staff of the University, professionals involved with local government, and members and directors of other Centres with congruent interests to this centre. Membership or associate membership is available by application or invitation. Membership is free, and is available to all with an interest in local government matters, whose interests are compatible with the strategis directions of the Centre. If you are interested in becomming associated with the Centre, please contact the Director for further information.
Professor Brian Dollery -- Director of the UNE Centre for Local Government
(02) 6773 2500
Galia Akimova -- Project Officer, School of Engineering, Griffith University
(07) 5552 7199
Dr Alexandr Akimov -- Senior Lecturer, Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith University
(07) 5552 8579
Dr Boyd Blackwell -- UNE Business School and NINIT One CRC
(02) 6773 3279
Dr Joel Byrnes -- Associate Director -- Policy and Regulation, AECOM
(03) 9653 8466
Dr Lou Conway -- School of Business, Economics & Public Policy, UNE
(02) 6773 3919
Professor Lin Crase -- La Trobe University Albury/Wodonga Campus
(02) 6058 3834
Darren Dallinger -- Moreton Bay Regional Council
0437252148
Darren.Dallinger@moretonbay.qld.gov.au
Dr Roberto Dell'Anno -- University of Salerno
rdellanno@unisa.it
Dr Bligh Grant -- Lecturer, UNE Business School
Nigel Graves -- General Manager, Central Land Council, Northern Territory
(08) 8951 6204
Nigel is currently the General Manager, Central Land Council, Northern Territory. He has over 30 years work experience in strategic planning and financial management, including senior management positions in Australian local government and a large government business enterprise, and is a Fellow of CPA Australia.
Dr Colin Hearfield -- Geography and Planning, UNE
(02) 6773 2426
Associate Professor Ho Chong Mun -- School of Science & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Dr Andrew Johnson -- CEO, Point Pirie Regional Council
(08) 8633 9777
Dr Stephen Jones -- Uinversity of Queensland Business School
(07) 3365 2995
Dr Francis Karanja -- Victorian Department of Primary Industries
(03) 9658 4824
francis.karanja@dpi.vic.gov.au
Associate Professor Yukio Kinoshita -- Iwate University
+81 19 621 6130
Dean Knight -- Faculty of Law, Victoria University Wellington
+64 4 463 6364
Dr Michael Kortt -- Southern Cross Business School, Southern Cross University
(07) 5506 9320
Chris Lewis -- Visiting Fellow, Australian Catholic University
0432 011 954
Dr Neil Marshall
Contact the Centre
Dr Jim Maher -- Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Deputy Mayor, Armidale Dumaresq Council
(02) 6771 1709
0408 413 044
Dr Linda Mc Loughlin -- Institute of Public Administration, Dublin
(02) 6773 2220
Dr Judith McNeil -- Institute for Rural Futures, UNE
(02) 6773 2220
Associate Professor Rui Cunha Marques -- Technical University of Lisbon
rui.marques@ist.utl.pt
Dr Lyndon Megarrity
Lyndon Megarrity is an historian with an interest in the history of local government.
Associate Professor Sue O'K'eefe -- School of Business, La Trobe University
(02) 6024 9831
Mr Brian Pape
Contact the Centre
Professor Craig Parsons -- Faculty of Economics, Yokohama National University, Japan
+81 45 339 3539
Barry F. Pullinger -- Town Clerk/General Manager, Tamworth (retired)
(02) 6653 1790
Dr Jen Snowball -- Depertent of Economics, Rhodes University, South Africa
Associate Professor Tony Sorensen -- School of Human & Environmental Studies, UNE
(02) 6773 2880
Simone Valle de Souza -- School of Business, Economics & Public Policy, UNE
(02) 6773 2542
Mr Richard Stayner -- Institute for Rural Futures, UNE
(02) 6773 2281
Councillor/Emeritus Mayor - Clarence Valley Council NSW AND Chairperson Inaugural Northern Rivers Regional Development Australia Committee
(02) 6645 4336
Professor Joe Wallis -- Department of Public Administration, American University of Sharjah
Professor Gert van der Westhuizen -- Vaal Triangle Campus of the North West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
(02) 6773 2816
Professor Andrew Worthington -- Department of Accounting, Finance & Economics, Griffith University
(07) 3735 4273
Associate Professor Habib Zafarullah -- School of Social Sciences, UNE
(02) 6773 2250