Legislative Council Economy and Infrastructure Committee

Inquiry into Local Government funding and services

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The Committee will investigate local government funding and service delivery in Victoria, including:

  • cost shifting from state and federal governments to local council;
  • ability of local governments to meet core service delivery objectives;
  • local government's revenue structure, as well as whether these structures are sustainable and appropriate; and
  • whether there are alternative models of funding to consider.

On 3 May 2023, the Legislative Council agreed to the following motion:

 

That this House requires the Economy and Infrastructure Committee to inquire into, consider and report, by 28 November 2024, on local government funding and service delivery in Victoria, including but not limited to —

 

(1) the effects of cost shifting from the state and federal governments to local councils in an examination of vertical and horizontal fiscal imbalances;

 

(2) whether local councils are adequately delivering on their core service delivery objectives;

 

(3) the overall revenue structure of local government;

 

(4) whether the existing revenue structure is sustainable and appropriate or if alternative models of funding would be more sustainable and appropriate; and

 

(5) any other related matters.

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Councils await report on local government

Councils await report on local government

Local governments are eagerly awaiting the findings and recommendations of an inquiry into council funding and services, which is due to report in November.

Rate cap a big concern for councils

Rate cap a big concern for councils

The inquiry into local government has heard from half of Victoria’s 48 regional and rural councils at public hearings in Camperdown, Bendigo and Traralgon.

Councils lament cost burden at Camperdown hearing

Councils lament cost burden at Camperdown hearing

Local governments claim a new expense for the provision of child vaccinations is a measure by which the state government is shifting the financial load onto them. 

Local government inquiry hearings underway

Local government inquiry hearings underway

Victorian councils are in the spotlight as a cross-party inquiry investigates the adequacy of funding and service delivery.

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