The Victorian Government is conducting a full review into the Victorian Local Government Rating System. The Terms of Reference explains the objectives, scope and implementation plan of the review process, which completes by 31 March 2020 . The goal is to identify changes that will improve its

All of us involved in scrutinizing governance performance of councils understand the common and growing issues. However, there is lack of an official national perspective of the common governance issues prevailing in Australia councils. The states and territories' reform plans and priorities, the r