IPART is conducting a review of the local government rating system in NSW. Our aim is to recommend reforms to improve its efficiency and equity to ensure councils can implement sustainable fiscal policies over the longer term.
This Issues Paper outlines how we propose to approach this review, explains how stakeholders can provide input, and discusses the issues on which we particularly seek comment.
Submissions to this Issues Paper close on 13 May 2016. A public hearing on the Issues Paper will be held in Sydney on 26 April and there will be a webcast of the event.
Submissions received for Issues Paper - Review of Local Government Rating System - April 2016
| Date received | Entity | Name | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Apr 2016 | Individual | Don Davison | |
| 2 May 2016 | Nambucca Shire Council | Michael Coulter | |
| 5 May 2016 | Allied Natural Wood Exports | Peter Mitchell | |
| 6 May 2016 | Berrigan Shire Council | Matt Hansen | |
| 9 May 2016 | Aged and Community Services NSW and ACT | Illana Halliday | |
| 9 May 2016 | Individual | Ben Ewald | |
| 9 May 2016 | Greater Taree City Council | Carol Currie | |
| 9 May 2016 | Armidale Dumaresq Ratepayers Association | Maria Hitchcock | |
| 9 May 2016 | Forestry Corporation of NSW | Rahmat Khaiami | |
| 9 May 2016 | Glen Innes Severn Council | Paul Della | |
| 10 May 2016 | Cootamundra Shire Council | Ken Trethewey | |
| 10 May 2016 | Individual | William Thomson | |
| 10 May 2016 | Individual | Anonymous (W16/1992) (Confidential) ** | |
| 5 May 2016 | Individual | Anonymous (W16/1993) (Confidential) ** | |
| 5 May 2016 | Individual | George Gergely | |
| 10 May 2016 | Individual | Gary Mills | |
| 10 May 2016 | Lake Macquarie City Council | Brian Bell | |
| 10 May 2016 | Lake Macquarie Ratepayers Action Group | Doug Cummings | |
| 10 May 2016 | Catholic Education Commission NSW | Jim Hanna | |
| 10 May 2016 | Willoughby City Council | Mark McDonald | |
| 11 May 2016 | Narrandera Shire Council | Martin Hiscox | |
| 11 May 2016 | Port Stephens Council | Fran Flavel | |
| 11 May 2016 | Ku-ring-gai Council | Robert Hay | |
| 11 May 2016 | New South Wales Revenue Professionals Society Incorporated | John Towers | |
| 9 May 2016 | Individual | Vanessa Henwood | |
| 10 May 2016 | Individual | Dennis Savage | |
| 11 May 2016 | Combined Pensioners & Superannuants Association | Paul Versteege | |
| 11 May 2016 | Mudgee District Branch, NSW Farmers Asociation | Mitchell Clapham | |
| 11 May 2016 | NSW Oyster Industry Strategic Plan Implementation Group | Tony Troup | |
| 11 May 2016 | Mingoola Progress Association Inc | Bob South | |
| 12 May 2016 | Warringah Council | David Walsh | |
| 12 May 2016 | Legal Aid NSW | Nicholas Ashby | |
| 12 May 2016 | Lismore City Council | Matthew Ryder | |
| 12 May 2016 | Ashfield Council | Renn Murphy | |
| 12 May 2016 | Port Macquarie-Hastings Council - Port Macquarie, NSW | Robyn Wilson | |
| 12 May 2016 | Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils | Namoi Dougall | |
| 12 May 2016 | The Hills Shire Council | Dave Walker | |
| 12 May 2016 | Yass Valley Council | David Rowe | |
| 12 May 2016 | Singleton Council | Anthony Egan | |
| 12 May 2016 | Fit for the Future Ministerial Advisory Group | Peter Achterstraat | |
| 12 May 2016 | Ballina Shire Council | Peter Kennedy | |
| 12 May 2016 | Wentworth Shire Council | Simon Rule | |
| 12 May 2016 | Wingecarribee Shire Council | Richard Mooney | |
| 12 May 2016 | BELLINGEN SHIRE COUNCIL | LIZ JEREMY | |
| 12 May 2016 | Hawkesbury City Council | Vanessa Browning | |
| 12 May 2016 | Leichhardt Council | Matthew Phillips | |
| 12 May 2016 | Shoalhaven City Council | Pamela Gokgur | |
| 12 May 2016 | Coffs Harbour City Council | Andrew Beswick | |
| 12 May 2016 | Bogan Shire Council | Derek Francis | |
| 12 May 2016 | New England Greens Armidale Tamworth | Elizabeth O | |
| 12 May 2016 | North Sydney Council | Jenny Gleeson | |
| 12 May 2016 | Individual | Brian Halstead | |
| 12 May 2016 | NSW Shellfish Committee | Mark Boulter | |
| 12 May 2016 | Queanbeyan City Council | Paul Spyve | |
| 12 May 2016 | Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta | Greg Whitby | |
| 12 May 2016 | Liverpool City Council | David Grasso | |
| 12 May 2016 | Eurobodalla Shire Council | Dr Catherine Dale | |
| 12 May 2016 | Blacktown City Council | Kerry Robinson | |
| 12 May 2016 | University of Wollongong | Damien Israel | |
| 12 May 2016 | Clarence Valley Council | Matthew Sykes | |
| 12 May 2016 | Property Council of Australia | Jane Fitzgerald | |
| 12 May 2016 | Tamworth Regional Council | Robert Charlesworth | |
| 13 May 2016 | Former Corowa Shire Council | Kristy Kay (Confidential) ** | |
| 13 May 2016 | Individual | James Bushell (Confidential) ** | |
| 13 May 2016 | Wollongong City Council | Tracey Walker | |
| 13 May 2016 | Pittwater Council | Michael Olthof | |
| 13 May 2016 | Narrabri Shire council | Paul Wearne | |
| 13 May 2016 | City of Parramatta | Rob Wenzel (Confidential) ** | |
| 13 May 2016 | Lockhart Shire Council | Rod Shaw | |
| 13 May 2016 | Burwood Council | Michael McMahon | |
| 13 May 2016 | Penrith City Council | Matthew Saunders | |
| 13 May 2016 | WSROC | Charles Casuscelli | |
| 13 May 2016 | Armidale Regional Council | Glenn Wilcox | |
| 13 May 2016 | Fairfield City Council | Fred Lloyd | |
| 13 May 2016 | City of Canterbury-Bankstown | Jelena Stipanicev | |
| 13 May 2016 | City of Ryde Council | Roy Newsome | |
| 13 May 2016 | Northern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils | Andrew Roach | |
| 13 May 2016 | Mosman Municipal Council | Max Glyde | |
| 13 May 2016 | Campbelltown City Council | Michael Sewell | |
| 13 May 2016 | Mid-Western Regional Council | Diane Sawyers | |
| 13 May 2016 | Individual | Anonymous (W16/2065) | |
| 13 May 2016 | NOROC | ANN LEWIS | |
| 13 May 2016 | Riverina Eastern Regional Organisation of Councils | Julie Briggs | |
| 13 May 2016 | AlburyCity | Frank Zaknich | |
| 13 May 2016 | Tweed Shire Council | Troy Green | |
| 13 May 2016 | Byron Shire Council | Mark Arnold | |
| 13 May 2016 | Former Marrickville Council | Pav Kuzmanovski | |
| 13 May 2016 | NARROMINE SHIRE COUNCIL | GREG LAMONT | |
| 13 May 2016 | Thomson Reuters | Leigh Oliver | |
| 13 May 2016 | The Presbyterian Church (New South Wales) Property Trust | John Ishak | |
| 13 May 2016 | Blayney Shire Council | Anton Franze | |
| 12 May 2016 | Institute of Public Works Engineering Astralasia NSW Divsion (IPWEA NSW) | John Roydhouse | |
| 13 May 2016 | Shellharbour City Council | Lee Anne Furness | |
| 13 May 2016 | Riverina and urray Regional Organisation of Councils (RAMROC) | Ray Stubbs | |
| 11 May 2016 | Lane Cove Council | Geoffrey Banting | |
| 13 May 2016 | Cowra Shire Council | Graham Apthorpe | |
| 13 May 2016 | Newcastle City Council | Glen Cousins | |
| 13 May 2016 | Sydney Cricket & Sports Ground Trust | Bernie Lamerton (Confidential) ** | |
| 13 May 2016 | Individual | Carol Jamieson | |
| 13 May 2016 | Kempsey Shire Council | Tony Curtin | |
| 13 May 2016 | Blue Mountains City Council | Neil Farquharson | |
| 13 May 2016 | Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney | Michael Digges (Confidential) ** | |
| 13 May 2016 | The Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of NSW and the | John Kitchener | |
| 13 May 2016 | Individual | Ken Wilson | |
| 13 May 2016 | Individual | Anonymous (W16/2089) | |
| 13 May 2016 | Robertson&Robertson(Central Coast) Pty Ltd | Geoffrey Solomon | |
| 13 May 2016 | Individual | Dorothy Robinson | |
| 13 May 2016 | Upper Lachlan Shire Council | John Bell | |
| 13 May 2016 | Lovcal Government NSW | Shaun McBride | |
| 13 May 2016 | Randwick City Council | Cherie Muir | |
| 13 May 2016 | NSw Farmers' Association | Jaimie Lovell | |
| 13 May 2016 | Lachlan Shire Council | Amit Anand | |
| 13 May 2016 | Individual | John Oliver | |
| 13 May 2016 | Bega Valley Shire Council | Leanne Barnes | |
| 13 May 2016 | NSW Department of Primary Industries | Mitchell Isaacs | |
| 13 May 2016 | Inverell Shire Council | Ken Beddie | |
| 13 May 2016 | Gunnedah Shire Council | Eric Groth | |
| 13 May 2016 | Manly Council | Kathryn Parker | |
| 13 May 2016 | Shopping Centre Council of Australia | Kristin Pryce | |
| 13 May 2016 | Individual | Hylda Rolfe | |
| 13 May 2016 | Snowy Monaro Shire Council | Joseph Vescio | |
| 13 May 2016 | Central Coast Council | Carlton Oldfield | |
| 13 May 2016 | Wagga Wagga City Council | Craig Richardson | |
| 13 May 2016 | Individual | S Chandler | |
| 13 May 2016 | Financial Rights Legal Centre | Drew MacRae | |
| 13 May 2016 | Sutherland Shire Council | Greg Hayes | |
| 13 May 2016 | Goulburn Mulwaree Council | Brendan Hollands | |
| 13 May 2016 | Western Plains Regional Council | Bronwyn Maxwell | |
| 13 May 2016 | Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay | Emma McDonald (Confidential) ** | |
| 13 May 2016 | Association of Independent Schools of NSW | David Buley | |
| 13 May 2016 | Anglican CHurch Property Trust Diocese of Sydney | Scott Lincoln | |
| 13 May 2016 | Hunters Hill Council | Barry Smith | |
| 12 May 2016 | Individual | J Beale | |
| 13 May 2016 | Association of Mining Related Councils Inc. | D Tydd | |
| 13 May 2016 | Snowy Valleys Council | R K Stewart | |
| 13 May 2016 | Australian Christian Lobby | Kieren Jackson | |
| 13 May 2016 | Woollahra Municipal Council | Gary James | |
| 16 May 2016 | NSW Business Chamber | Paul Orton | |
| 16 May 2016 | Individual | Graham Sansom | |
| 16 May 2016 | Mid Coast Council | Glenn Handford | |
| 18 May 2016 | NSW Minerals Council | Andrew Rode | |
| 19 May 2016 | Greater Hume Shire Council | Steven Pinnuck | |
| 20 May 2016 | APM PriceFinder | Odi Reuveni | |
| 20 May 2016 | Office of the Valuer General | Simon Gilkes | |
| 20 May 2016 | Urban Development Institute of Australia NSW | Justin Drew | |
| 25 May 2016 | Camden Council | Paul Rofe | |
| 17 May 2016 | Waverley Council | Stephen Urquhart | |
| 27 May 2016 | Office of Environment and Heritage | Terry Bailey | |
| 27 May 2016 | NSW Federation of Housing Associations | Wendy Hayhurst | |
| 29 Jun 2016 | Meriton Group | Matthew Lennartz |
* Part of submission not published due to confidentiality and/or other legal reasons
** Submission not published due to confidentiality and/or other legal reasons