%T Local government: review of current issues %A Gareth Griffith %I Parliamentary Research Service (NSW) %D 2013 %U https://apo.org.au/node/33134 %X When one considers the range of services and regulatory functions performed by local government, it is not surprising that issues concerned with this third tier of government are never far from the political agenda. These include concerns about governance and accountability, the delivery of infrastructure, revenue and funding arrangements and, at the top end of the debate there is the question of the constitutional recognition of local government at the Commonwealth level. %9 Report