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Local government financial sustainability | a MartinJenkins view of the sector

2025

July 17, 2025

The local government sector is faced with its most significant challenges in several decades, driven by sweeping policy reforms, escalating costs, and limited revenue streams. Councils are grappling with these pressures as they seek to maintain services, fund infrastructure, and ensure long-term resilience.

In this report, we explore the financial sustainability of the sector and suggest four areas for councils to focus on to improve financial sustainability.

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