The bio below comes from a published article and may now be dated.
Dr Joel Byrnes is a research consultant at KPMG in Melbourne and former Deputy Director of the Centre for Local Government at the University of New England in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. His main research interests reside in the economics of urban water and Australian water policy as well as the economics of Australian local government. His email is joelbyrnes@kpmg.com.au.