Local councils as 'place-shapers': The implications of the lyons report for Australian local government

Dollery, B; Grant, B; O'Keefe, S

Local councils as 'place-shapers': The implications of the lyons report for Australian local government

Dollery, B Grant, B

O'Keefe, S

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Australian Journal of Political Science, 2008, 43 (3), pp. 481 - 494
Issue Date:: 2008-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Dollery, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Grant, B https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8055-6046	en_US
dc.contributor.author	O'Keefe, S	en_US
dc.date.issued	2008-09-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Australian Journal of Political Science, 2008, 43 (3), pp. 481 - 494	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1036-1146	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/29073
dc.description.abstract	The recent past has seen an intense focus on 'financial sustainability' in Australian local government to the exclusion of other important dimensions of local governance. This restrictive emphasis on finance has been unfortunate as it has ignored important developments in the international literature, which is best exemplified in the landmark 2007 Lyons Report in the United Kingdom. In this official inquiry, Sir Michael Lyons reiterates the critical significance of local voice and local choice in contemporary local government and develops the concept of 'place-shaping' as epitomising the modern role of local councils. However, British local government enjoys far broader service provision responsibilities than its Australian counterpart. Accordingly, this paper thus seeks to outline the nature of 'place-shaping', as conceived in the Lyons Report, and consider its applicability in the much narrower Australian local government milieu.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian Journal of Political Science	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/10361140802267266	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Political Science & Public Administration	en_US
dc.title	Local councils as 'place-shapers': The implications of the lyons report for Australian local government	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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Abstract:

The recent past has seen an intense focus on 'financial sustainability' in Australian local government to the exclusion of other important dimensions of local governance. This restrictive emphasis on finance has been unfortunate as it has ignored important developments in the international literature, which is best exemplified in the landmark 2007 Lyons Report in the United Kingdom. In this official inquiry, Sir Michael Lyons reiterates the critical significance of local voice and local choice in contemporary local government and develops the concept of 'place-shaping' as epitomising the modern role of local councils. However, British local government enjoys far broader service provision responsibilities than its Australian counterpart. Accordingly, this paper thus seeks to outline the nature of 'place-shaping', as conceived in the Lyons Report, and consider its applicability in the much narrower Australian local government milieu.

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