Title Rates and taxes : a fair share for responsible local government / House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration

Published Canberra : Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, 2003

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Description xxii, 210 pages ; 25 cm Series Parliamentary paper / Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, 0727-4181 ; no. 392 of 2003 Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) ; 2003, no. 392 Contents 1. Scope of inquiry -- 2. Roles and responsibilities -- 3. Cost shifting -- 4. Infrastructure -- 5. Capacity building in our regions -- 6. Commonwealth funding of local government -- 7. The way forward Summary Looks at not only the matter of cost shifting, but also the underlying issues relating to the governance arrangements between the three spheres of government Analysis Federal state finances Electronic resource Financial assistance grants Local councils State local government relations Federal local government relations Government expenditure Statistics Interstate comparisons Tax revenues Rates (Property) Legislation Key item Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995 Notes "October 2003" Chair: Mr David Hawker MP Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Also available in an electronic version via the Internet. Address as at 25/6/04: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/efpa/localgovt/report/fullreport.pdf System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view/print PDF files Commonwealth of Australia 2003 Subject Local government -- Economic aspects -- Australia. Finance, Public -- Australia. Intergovernmental fiscal relations -- Australia. Author Hawker, David P. M Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration ISBN 1741345715

Other Titles Inquiry into local government and cost shifting

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