Australians now expect local councils to act on bigger issues, including climate change
- Written by: Mark Chou, Associate Professor of Politics, Australian Catholic University
Darebin City Council was the first to declare a climate emergency.John Englart/Flickr, CC BY-SANews headlines about local government in Australia often have a familiar storyline: councils should stick to their “core purpose […] to collect rubbish, fix local roads and keep rates down”. However, our newly published research shows...
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