Availabilities:
2024 unit offering information will be available in November 2023
Unit description
Focuses on Australian local government, including its international context, history and current position. Explores the challenges currently facing local government with cutbacks in government expenditure, local government reform, intergovernmental relationships and community expectations. Provides an opportunity for students to understand the complexity of local government in Australia and to explore the ways in which local governments and local communities can address the challenges confronting them.
Unit content
Module 1: The history, structure, responsibilities and global context of local government
Module 2: Local government's role in our liberal-democratic system of representative government
Module 3: Contemporary local government issues and challenges
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Demonstrate an understanding of the history, scope and nature of local government, and of how intergovernmental relationships influence local government activity. |
| 2 | Evaluate the effectiveness of local government in carrying out its roles and responsibilities. |
| 3 | Evaluate local government as a sphere of representative government and democracy in Australia. |
| 4 | Develop research skills by accessing a range of resources. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the history, scope and nature of local government, and of how intergovernmental relationships influence local government activity.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of local government in carrying out its roles and responsibilities.
- Evaluate local government as a sphere of representative government and democracy in Australia.
- Develop research skills by accessing a range of resources.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
For information regarding Student Contribution Amounts please visit the Student Contribution Amounts.
Fee paying courses
For postgraduate or undergraduate full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees
International
Please check the international course and fee list to determine the relevant fees.