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 3, 2014

Redundant Legislation

On 30th November 2013, the Minister for Local Government, Tony Simpson, introduced the Local Government Amendment Bill into the Legislative Assembly. 

On 3rd and 5th December, the Bill was debated by the Assembly.

On 10th December, the Bill was introduced into the Legislative Council, which has not yet completed its deliberations.

A key part of this Bill was the removal, temporarily (ie for the current local Council amalgamation process being promoted by the Government), of the requirement for the Local Government Advisory Board (LGAB) to call for submissions on amalgamation proposals.

On 29th January 2014, the LGAB called for submissions on 32 proposals it had received for changes to metropolitan local governments.

Will the Minister for Local Government now withdraw this provision (paragraph 14 of the Local Government Amendment Bill), as it is clearly redundant and it would be a waste of parliamentary time to continue to debate it?
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