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21 November 2024
Report calls for $1b increase in local government road funding

STRATHBOGIE Shire Council has welcomed a new report which recommends the Federal Government provide Australian councils with an extra $1 billion each year to maintain and upgrade their local roads.

The Grattan Institute’s "Potholes and pitfalls: how to fix local roads" calls on the government to increase untied federal funding to councils through financial assistance grants by $600 million per ye...

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