Let The Chaos Continue

Subiaco Post, 30th November 2013.

The Subiaco situation highlights and exemplifies the chaos surrounding the local government amalgamation 'process' - if it can be called such.

There are now so many proposals that have been submitted to the Local Government Advisory Board (19 from local councils and 15 from the WA Government) and many Councils are affected by more than one of these (conflicting) proposals.

Add to this the fact that, like Subiaco and Vincent, many communities would prefer their Council to remain as it is but their Councils have been forced into making 'second-best' proposals because they were told that no change was not in play and the original proposals were totally unacceptable.

And then there are the Councils that chose not to participate, on the basis that their communities did not want any form of change - at least, nothing resembling what was initially proposed by Col Pot and Homer Simpson.

Many Councils and communities have been disenfranchised not only by the ludicrous nature of the initial proposals but by the fact that the rules appear to have been changed (made up) as the Government went along.