Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for Cook to his question, well-known friend that he is of local governments around the country, particularly those in the Illawarra. In response to the honourable gentleman’s question, he will be aware of the fact that under Australia’s constitutional arrangements local authorities answer ultimately to state governments for their financial arrangements, because local governments are constituted under the various instruments of state government—that is just a fact.

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