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Water and Wastewater Services in Non-Metropolitan New South Wales: A Critical Analysis of the Report of the Independent Inquiry

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The Report of the Inquiry into water services in non-metropolitan New South Wales recommended that the state's local water utilities be ‘aggregated’ into ‘regional groups organised either by means of a “binding alliance” model, a “council-owned regional water corporation” model, or the “status quo for some large general purpose councils and county councils”. This paper critically examines these recommendations in the light of existing theoretical and empirical literature on structural reform in Australian local government generally, and water-utility reform specifically.

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  • Brian Dollery, 2009. "Water and Wastewater Services in Non-Metropolitan New South Wales: A Critical Analysis of the Report of the Independent Inquiry," Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, School of Economics, vol. 16(2), pages 45-60.
    • Handle: RePEc:acb:agenda:v:16:y:2009:i:2:p:45-60
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    1. Andrew Worthington & Brian Dollery, 2002. "Incorporating contextual information in public sector efficiency analyses: a comparative study of NSW local government," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(4), pages 453-464.
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    1. Brian Dollery & Sue O’Keefe & Lin Crase, 2009. "State Oversight Models for Australian Local Government," Economic Papers, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 28(4), pages 279-290, December.

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