Law Commons^™

The Development Of Local Government In Australia, Focusing On Nsw: From Road Builder To Planning Agency To Servant Of The State Government And Developmentalism, Andrew H. Kelly

Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)

This paper follows the legal and functional advancement of local government in NSW, Australia by examining three historical stages. It commences with its nineteenth century vestiges, moving on to compulsory incorporation and the gradual changes to modern but diverse individual councils. Issues include financial scarcity, the traditional property-based stranglehold and the burgeoning sheer power of the State Government in the planning sector.

State Of Nsw: Weighing The Cost Of The Privatisation Of Power, Sharon Beder

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

Successive governments in NSW, of both political persuasions, have tried to privatise electricity despite strong and consistent citizen opposition. Citizen opposition is based on the desire to maintain public control of an essential service as well as awareness that around the world privatisation has led to higher electricity prices and lower reliability of electricity supply.

Nonetheless governments have been pressured to privatise electricity by businesses and banks as well as the federal government. They have also been attracted to the lure of an influx of funds in the short-term to spend on other government priorities, such as urban infrastructure projects, …

The Coroner's Recommendation: Fulfilling Its Potential? A Perspective From The Aboriginal Legal Service [Nsw/Act], Raymond Brazil

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

Coroners Acts in New South Wales (‘NSW’) and the Australian Capital Territory (‘ACT’) confer on coroners jurisdiction to conduct inquests into certain kinds of death. As the outcome of a hearing, a coroner is tasked by their legislation to reach and record prescribed findings relating to the deceased, their death, and its manner and cause. These determinations enable that death to be registered under the relevant Birth, Deaths and Marriages legislation. If, though, this information can be established from preliminary investigations, a coroner has the discretion to dispense with an inquest hearing, unless the death investigated is of a category …