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Background
In 2003 the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration published the report of their comprehensive enquiry into local government finance, Rates and taxes: a fair share for responsible local government. This report confirmed that long-term community and economic outcomes critically depend on reforms to the financial relationships between local government and state and federal government.
There has been much public discussion of how best to achieve long-term financial sustainability, by local government sector bodies, within government, and by the media. Some relevant links are below. Alongside the work of local government sector bodies, a group of local government CEOs convened by the City of Port Phillip has been active in the debate. This group commissioned research from Access Economics to drive their advocacy, included below.
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Reports & documents
 Access Economics Report August 2004: Commonwealth-State Funding of Local Government: An Assessment of Reform Proposals. Prepared for group of Australian local government CEOs.
- Seven-point action plan. This is a reform package put together by a group of Australian local government CEOs in March 2005 for further discussion.
- Federal government response to the Hawker report, the June 2005 response to the November 2003 report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration's enquiry into cost shifting and local government.
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Links about local government finance
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More information
Contact the City of Port Phillip Co-ordinator Campaigns via ASSIST on (03) 9209 6777 or TTy (03) 9209 6713 or email using eServices.
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