Burns report
Review of Asset Management
By Dr Penny Burns, AMQ International
The Roads to Recovery grants have been well received by councils but there is no certainty that they will be renewed at the end of the current four-year period. In fact, with recent increased demands on the Federal Government for defence, border security and refugee relief, it is clear that any extra funding for local government is going to have to be very well argued indeed.
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Research results
- Major Influences on Asset Management Practices
- Interest Rates and Debt Policy
- Review of council acts
- National Competition Policy
- Roads to Recovery Grants
- High Court Decision on non-feasance
- Data Sources
- Grants Commission
- ABS and Local Government information
- State by State
- Victoria
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Queensland
- Western Australia
- New South Wales
- Issues of Concern
- Major Influences on Asset Management Practices
- Conclusions
- Recommendations
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