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Local solution to Closing the Gap – council takes pioneering new approach to Indigenous disadvantage

Local solution to Closing the Gap – council takes pioneering new approach to Indigenous disadvantage

Tamworth Council is the first to sign a Close the Gap agreement with local Aboriginal groups. Could it be a template for other regional areas to ...

05.06.2025 10

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Guy C. Charlton

Rates will never be enough – councils need the power to raise money in other ways

New taxes are never popular. But unless central government gives local bodies the power to raise more than just rates, budgets will never cover costs.

22.04.2025 20

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Guy C. Charlton