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In one fell swoop, he would remove a vital element of local accountability that exists between the local electors who pay local taxes and their council, which is accountable to that electorate.
Now there is only one organisation, where people such as Martin and I work, which is basically a service organisation for the Accounts Commission and the Auditor General.The Accounts Commission retains the responsibility for undertaking value-for-money studies in local government.
We also suggest subdividing the lower-end bands. We could add accountability—the extent to which local taxation is truly accountable—to the package of reforms.
Members indicated agreement.Australasian Council of Public Accounts Committees Conference Australasian Council of Public Accounts Committees Conference Item 4 is about the Australasian Council of Public Accounts Committees conference.
I wonder whether you could comment on chapters 5 and 6, on "Reorganisation of charities" and "Charity accounts", which give ministers the power to lay down different scales for the amount of accounting that is necessary for different sizes of charities.