%T In our hands: strengthening local government revenue for the 21st century %A John Comrie %I Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government %D 2013 %K Government expenditure, %K Local government %U https://apo.org.au/node/33008 %X Not all councils that need more revenue have the capacity to generate it from their own-sources. If more grant funds are not likely to become available then consideration needs to be given to allocating a greater share of the existing grant fund pools to councils that have less capacity to assist themselves. %9 Working paper