Despite all the rhetoric from the emperor about effectiveness, efficiency, co-ordination and simplification in the current shenanigans about forced local government amalgamations, there is at least one place where the situation has been made much more complex.
The Beaufort Street/Mt Lawley centre is a thriving commercial and cafe strip, but has always had difficulties because it was split between two Councils with rather different planning and community-development philosophies relating to town centres.
Emperor Barnett now proposes to split this centre between three local governments.
To add to the complication, Stirling was previously responsible for the area north of Walcott Street, but now takes over one side of the area of Beaufort Street that was previously the domain of the City of Vincent. The City of Perth takes over the other part of the previous City of Vincent responsibility. And Bayswater/Bassendean takes over the area previously the responsibility of the City of Stirling.
So, EVERYONE has to adjust to the oversight of a different local government from the one they deal with now. How is that supposed to bring about improvement?
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