This is the personal blog of Ian Ker, who was Councillor for the South Ward of the Town of Vincent from 1995 to 2009. I have been a resident of this area since 1985. This blog was originally conceived as a way of letting residents of Vincent know what I have been doing and sharing thoughts on important issues. I can now use it to sound off about things that concern me.

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Monday, February 17, 2014

Playing Into Col Pot's Hands

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This is all playing into the hands of the WA Government. Rather than criticising Cockburn for using reputable consultants to develop costs - which at least provide a basis for debate - we should be hammering Barnett and Simpson for not providing estimates of the cost of amalgamations in their proposals to the Local Government Advisory Board.

The Local Government Act requires that proposals clearly identify the effects on affected local governments - surely the costs of the change (and the benefits) are critical effects. In not providing cost (and benefit) estimates, the WA Government proposals clearly do not meet the requirements of the Act. If the proposals from Fremantle, Kwinana and Melville do not estimate the costs and benefits, then they do not meet the requirements of the Act, either.

Sounds like the whole house of cards could collapse for lack of foundations.

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