01162pab a2200169 454500008004000000100001700040245009400057260000900151300001100160362000800171520060700179650002100786773005000807909001100857999001900868952010500887180718b2015   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aMartin, John  aResourcefulness opportunities and challenges in local government: Australian perspectives  c2015  ap.1-3.  aMar  aThe special issue is introduced here by appreciating briefly the broad context in which local governments in Australia are established and operate. Their diversity but common significance are important features, with numerous expectations and pressures from communities, the market and the other levels of government constantly being felt and requiring appropriate responses. Accordingly, to survive as purposeful and meaningful entities, they forever need to seize opportunities and cope with challenges such as, and well beyond, those addressed so pertinently in the following articles. - Reproduced.  aLocal government  aAsia Pacific Journal of Public Administration  a108113  c108108d108108  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 37, Issue no: 1pAR108573r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR