Process of the of Local Self-Government Formation in Australia

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Graduate Student of the Department of Municipal Law of the RUDN University
Abstract: 

Local self-government in Australia went through difficult stage of formation in the territories of a continent that is severe and remote from the European center. Under the influence of the metropolis, a certain type of organization of local self-government was implanted for a long time. But the peculiarity of the environment and ways in which the infrastructure was organized influenced the type of organization of the municipal authority in Australia and was of decisive importance. Therefore, in Australia, a special model of local government, where the leading role belongs to states, but perhaps in the near future the balance of power will change.

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local self-government, Australia, legislative reform, state regulation of local importance issues, municipal power, legal regulation, legal status.

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