Part A: Local Government Reform in Australia, Part B: Shared Services in Local Government, Part C: Shared Services in Practice, Part D: Policy Implications
Brian Dollery
Brian Dollery is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre
for Local Government at the University of New England. He has
previously held academic positions at the University of South
Africa, Rhodes University, and the University of Cape Town in the
Republic of South Africa, East Carolina State University and
Creighton University in the United States, and Yokohama National
University in Japan.
Brian has published extensively on the theoretical aspects of local
government economics, finance and structure, as well as Australian
local government. Co-authored and co-edited books include
Australian Local Government: Reform and Renewal (with Neil
Marshall, 1997); The Political Economy of Local Government (with
Joe Wallis, 2001); Reshaping Australian Local Government: Finance,
Governance and Reform (with Neil Marshall and Andrew Worthington,
2003); Australian Local Government Economics (with Lin Crase and
Andrew Johnson, 2005) and Reform and Leadership in the Public
Sector: A Political Economy Approach (with Joe Wallis and Linda
McLoughlin, 2007). Both Australian Local Government: Reform and
Renewal and Reshaping Australian Local Government: Finance,
Governance and Reform have been translated into Mandarin
Bligh Grant
Bligh Grant is Research Lecturer in Local Government Studies and
Deputy Director of the UNE Centre for Local Government. He holds a
BA (Hons) in Politics from the University of New England and
recently submitted his doctoral dissertation in Local Government
Studies.
Mr Grant is a former Associate Lecturer in Political Economy at the
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba and has held several
research-only appointments at UNE over several years in a variety
of fields.
He has published broadly in Australian politics and political
economy, including the edited collection Pauline Hanson, One Nation
and Australian Politics, (1997) and in local government studies in
particular.
Michael Kortt
Michael Kortt is Senior Lecturer in Applied Economics at Southern
Cross University (SCU). He holds a PhD in economics from the
University of New England, an MS from the University of Arizona,
and an honours degree in economics from La Trobe University.
Prior to joining SCU, Michael spent 10 years working in the
government sector as a research manager for the Department of
Veterans’ Affairs, the Department of Families, Housing, Community
Services and Indigenous Affairs, and the Department of Health and
Ageing.
His principal research interest is in the field of local government
economics.
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