澳大利亚联邦成立于1901年,由联邦政府、6个原殖民州政府、2个实行自治的地区以及大约900个州以下地方政府组成。澳大利亚在地方政府债务管理方面积累了不少经验教训,逐步形成了较为完善的地方政府债务管理体系。现将有关情况介绍如下。一、历史沿革澳大利亚地方政府债务管理经 The Commonwealth of Australia was established in 1901 and consists of the federal government, six former colonial state governments, two autonomous regions, and about 900 state governments. Australia has accumulated a great deal of experience and lessons in the management of local government debts and has gradually formed a relatively sound local government debt management system. The relevant information is as follows. First, the history of Australia’s local government debt management