Bulletin n. 2-3/2012
October 2012-February 2013
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Grant Bligh, Dollery Brian
    Autonomy versus Oversight in Local Government Reform: The Implications of ‘Home Rule’ for Australian Local Government
    in Australian Journal of Political Science , vol. 47, n. 3 ,  2012 ,  399-412
    ABSTRACT: This paper examines Australian local government in terms of local council autonomy as set against the oversight exercised by state governments. In particular, we investigate ‘home rule' in the United States and its potential relevance to the Australian milieu. We argue that prima facie the operation of home rule is problematic due to its litigious nature, and that while the implementation of home rule might be possible in an Australian local government jurisdiction, it is improbable. However, consideration of home rule as a principle by which state–local government relationships might be organised sheds light on the limits to the autonomy and independence of Australian local governments.
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