In some parts of Australia, local roads are falling apart. Here’s an easy federal fix
- Written by Dominic Jones, Research Associate, Grattan Institute
tcareob72/ShutterstockThere are local councils in Australia that can’t afford to fix their roads, part of the problem is simply that they aren’t in Australia’s biggest states.
The problem arises from the archaic way grants to councils are handed out.
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