Bulletin n. 1/2005 | ||
December 2005 | ||
Warburton John, Baker Geoff |
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Integrity Systems and Local Government | ||
in Australian Journal of Public Administration , Volume 64, Number 2 , 2005 , 62-68 | ||
Australia's third sphere of government is local government, consisting of about 675 councils nationally, responsible for an average of 6 percent of total public sector expenditure (around $18 billion) annually. This article reviews key integrity issues confronting local government, based on experience in NSW and Queensland. Current issues confirm integrity to be a significant concern manifesting in a large variety of forms, both in council administration and in local government politics. A new generation of responses are increasingly tailored to recognising local government as a permanent, elected sphere of government, accounting directly to the public, while, supported by state regulators, individual councils also pursue better practice in the management of their own administrations. | ||