Finance
Rate Capping Forum
The MAV Rate Capping Forum, held in November 2015, provided case studies and a focus on strategies that councils can employ to ensure the maintenance of existing service levels and outputs in this new environment.
Presentations from the forum are available below:
- Amalgamation is not the path to real reform - Joseph Drew, Research Fellow In Local Government, UNE Business
- School, University Of New England (PowerPoint - 2.10MB)
- Brief overview of alternatives to amalgamation - Dr Joseph Drew (Word - 24.8KB)
- Fair Go Rates System - Dr Ron Ben-David, Chair, Essential Services Commission (PowerPoint - 152KB)
- Integrating service planning with asset management - Ian Mann, Director, CT Management Group (PowerPoint - 2.15MB)
- It's time for procurement - Chris Newman, Director, ArcBlue Consulting (PowerPoint - 2.59MB)
- Leaders in LG resource sharing: examples from interstate - Max Hardy for the Hunter Councils (PowerPoint - 15.8MB)
- Less Talk, More Action - Tim Tamlin, CEO, South Gippsland Shire Council (PowerPoint - 10.6MB)
- Linking councils and communities in the digital age - Matthew Gordon, Co-Founder, OurSay (PowerPoint - 7.49MB)
- Rate capping and the role of IT - Peter Barnett, Business Development Executive, Telstra Global Enterprise & Services Australia (PowerPoint - 398KB)
- Risk culture: Building resilience from within - Jacinthe A Galpin, Chief Risk And Audit Officer, Department of Justice & Regulation (PowerPoint - 979KB)