Concerns have been raised about the way councils are assessing the value of ageing assets.
Tag: infrastructure-backlog
Revealed: $30bn needed for ageing infrastructure
Under-investment in councils’ management of community assets is leading to increased risk, warns major report.
Baird’s upsized councils an excuse to flog big loans: Labor
Infrastructure backlog unloaded onto ratepayers.
Forced amalgamation spectre returns for NSW councils
Baird shifts posts on O’Farrell’s promise
Cash-strapped Central Darling Shire Council facing suspension
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski The New South Wales government has moved swiftly to use its new authority to bring badly struggling local governments in the state to book…
Victorian rates hike blamed on superannuation slug
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) has blamed unpopular rate hikes averaging 4.8 per cent or $76 on growing ‘critical’ cost pressures arising from…