Working Papers

Centre for Local Government launched Working Paper series in September 2006. The list of Working Papers is provided below; all the papers are in PDF format. To download a copy of a paper, click on the working paper title. All papers in the WP series have been refereed.

Number

Title and Author

06-2008	Devolution and Leadership in Contemporary Local Government Reform: A Critique of the Lyons Report in England Bligh Grant and Brian Dollery
05-2008	Efficiency and Democracy in Australian Local Government Bligh Grant and Brian Dollery
04-2008	Local Government Reform across Developed Countries: A Guideline for Comparison Barbara Ermini and Fabio Fiorillo
03-2008	Optimal Structural Reform Arrangements in Local Government: A Theoretical and Empirical Perspective Lorenzo Robotti and Brian Dollery
02-2008	The Evaluation of Financial Management in South African Local Government: Budget Funding Compliance Measurement to Evaluate Best-Practice Financial Management Technical Assistance to South African Municipalities Brian Dollery and Nigel Graves
01-2008	An Examination of the ‘Skills Shortage’ in Australian Local Government: The Case of Wastewater Service Provision in Regional New South Wales and Victoria Joel Byrnes, Lin Crase, Brian Dollery and Renato Villano
20-2007	Australian Local Government and Electronic Gaming Machines: A Conceptual Critique of the Productivity Commission’s Methodology Brian Dollery and John Storer
19-2007	Putting Water to Work – Urban Water Utilities in Regional New South Wales and Victoria Joel Byrnes, Lin Crase, Brian Dollery and Renato Villano
18-2007	An Analysis of the Roads to Recovery Program in New South Wales Local Government Margaret Lopez, Brian Dollery and Joel Byrnes
17-2007	The Application of Performance Measurement in Australian Local Government Andrew Worthington and Brian Dollery
16-2007	Civic Virtue and Place-shaping in the Lyons Report on Local Government in England Bligh Grant and Brian Dollery
15-2007	Economies of Scale and Population Size in Australian Local Government Structural Reform Programs Brian Dollery, Joel Byrnes and Lin Crase
14-2007	Financing the Australian Local Government Infrastructure Backlog through a Bond Issue on the Capital Market Joel Byrnes, Brian Dollery, Lin Crase and Phil Simmons
13-2007	A Critical Appraisal of the Queensland Reform Commission’s Final Report Brian Dollery, Chong Mun Ho and James Alin
12-2007	The Lyons Report and its Ramification for Australian Local Government Brian Dollery, Bligh Grant and Sue O’Keefe
11-2007	An Analysis of the Queensland Local Government Association Shared Service Model Brian Dollery, Greg Hallam and Joe Wallis
10-2007	One of A Kind: Local Government in Outback Central West Queensland Brian Dollery, Joe Wallis and Alexandr Akimov
09-2007	Has the Queensland Government Policy Reversal on Local Government Amalgamation been Satisfactorily Justified? Brian Dollery, Joe Wallis and Lin Crase
08-2007	A New Model of Regional Governance in Australian Local Government with Local Autonomy Preserved Brian Dollery, Joe Wallis and Don Ramsland
07-2007	An Evaluation of Shared Services in the Queensland Local Government Association’s Size, Shape and Sustainability Program Brian Dollery and Alexandr Akimov
06-2007	Critical Review of the Empirical Evidence on Shared Services in Local Government Brian Dollery and Alexandr Akimov
05-2007	An Analysis of Shared Local Government Services in Australia Brian Dollery, Alexandr Akimov and Joel Byrnes
04-2007	A Typology of the Sources of Council Sustainability Brian Dollery, Joel Byrnes and Lin Crase
03-2007	An Assessment of Pensioner Rebates in New South Wales Brian Dollery, Andrew Johnson and* Joel Byrnes*
02-2007	An Analysis of the New Perspective on Amalgamation in Australian Local Government Brian Dollery, Joel Byrnes* and Lin Crase*
01-2007	Citizen Participation in Local Government Corporate Planning in Queensland Darren Dallinger and Brian Dollery
05-2006	Community Engagement in Local Government Reform in Queensland Brian Dollery and Darren Dallinger
04-2006	Resolving the Australian Local Infrastructure Crisis through a Federal Infrastructure Asset Fund Brian Dollery, Joel Byrnes* and Lin Crase*
03-2006	An Assessment of the Australian Government's Roads to Recovery Program Brian Dollery, Bryan Pape and Joel Byrnes
02-2006	Overall Local Council Sustainability in Australian Local Government Brian Dollery, Lin Crase and Joel Byrnes
01-2006	A Comparative Perspective on Financial Sustainability in Australian Local Government Brian Dollery and Lin Crase

Editor of the Working Paper series:

Professor Brian Dollery, University of New England

Editorial Advisory Board:

Joel Byrnes, University of New England
Dr Lin Crase, La Trobe University
Galia Akimova, University of New England
Dr Craig Parsons, Yokohama National University
Professor Lorenzo Robotti, Università Politecnica delle Marche
Mayor Ian Tiley, Clarence Valley Council
Professor Joe Wallis, American University of Sharjah

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