A Normative Model for Local Government De-Amalgamation in Australia

Ongoing local community dissatisfaction in some newly amalgamated local government areas resulting from the 2007 Queensland forced amalgamation program has raised the prospect of de-merger in that state. One catalyst has been the Opposition's commitment to de-amalgamation should it acquire gove...

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Published in:Australian journal of political science 2011-12, Vol.46 (4), p.601-615
Main Authors: Dollery, Brian, Kortt, Michael, Grant, Bligh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Australia
Australian local government
Australian states and territories
Borders
Commitments
Communities
Community involvement
compulsory consolidation
De-amalgamation
Local Government
local government reform
Mergers
Policy
Political power
Public administration
Queensland
Reform
Structural reform
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Summary:Ongoing local community dissatisfaction in some newly amalgamated local government areas resulting from the 2007 Queensland forced amalgamation program has raised the prospect of de-merger in that state. One catalyst has been the Opposition's commitment to de-amalgamation should it acquire government. Apart from some descriptive discussion of actual de-amalgamation episodes, almost no prescriptive analysis exists on the optimal form any de-merger process may take. Using two documented cases of de-amalgamation in metropolitan and regional settings, this exploratory paper seeks to address this gap in the literature on local government by presenting a 'stylised' approach to de-amalgamation designed for Australian local government conditions built around five generic principles.
ISSN:1036-1146
1363-030X
DOI:10.1080/10361146.2011.623670