Subiaco - Most want to stay Subi - Divided views on alternatives

Even with the semantics being used by the WA Government to try to avoid the Dadour poll provisions of the Local Government Act, it has found no way of avoiding a poll in the Western Suburbs - the so-called G7 proposal.

It is ironic, in the extreme, that the area that has commonly been the focus of discussions of the need for local government amalgamations might be the only one where residents and ratepayers actually get the opportunity to reject the proposals. And if the City of Subiaco's survey is any guide, the proposals will be defeated.

The City of Subiaco carried out a phone survey of residents and ratepayers late last year. This clearly showed strong preference for keeping Subiaco as it is but, equally important, showed the lack of consensus support for any of the possible alternatives.

Although business owners were more likely to support change, there were still more of them against the Government's G7 proposal than supporting it.