Local government raises about 4% of New Zealand’s tax revenue. The equivalent in Denmark is about 36%. If the government believes in ‘localism’, it has to give councils more power to raise revenue.
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Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University
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Chief Policy Fellow, University of Leeds
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Professor of Human Ecology, Lund University
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Lecturer in Politics, De Montfort University
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PhD candidate and research Fellow in the Economics of Climate Smart Cities research programme, University of Leeds
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Professor of Environmental Policy and Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Interdisciplinary Research), University of Leeds
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Sustainability, Université de Lausanne
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Pioneers Chair in Telecommunications & Professor of Telecommunications, Penn State
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Professor of Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Visiting Professor, King's College London
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Professor of Planning, School of Built Environment, UNSW
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Professor of Taxation and Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor of Nonprofit Management, University of Oregon
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Education and Tertiary Access, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Design, Islamic Azad University