Premier's Porky: Where's The Logic - or the Fairness?

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The Premier is telling porkies again - or is simply incompetent. In his joint media release with sidekick Homer Simpson, he states that his new proposal for the City of Perth takes in 'the entire City of Vincent'.

This is not true.

As pointed out in the previous post ('The Perils of Politics on the Run'), the Banks Precinct (that's the area at the north-east corner of Vincent) has been excluded - probably so that the residents of the delightful residential enclave will have no say in the redevelopment of the East Perth Power Station site (once mooted for the new AFL stadium) and still likely to be affected by the crowds going to and from games at the Burswood site.

Of course, with the site being controlled by the Government's Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority, the Premier wouldn't want pesky nearby residents to be able to have a say - just as he doesn't want us to able to have a say in the local government changes (see earlier post 'Now This IS Anti-Democratic').

There have already been several proposals for development of the East Perth Power Station site - all of which either have the main access from Summers Street (on the very edge of the Banks Precinct area) or involve a new bridge over the railway that would bring more through traffic into the area on a daily basis.