Even allowing for 'form' submissions, that's a lot of submissions for the Local Government Advisory Board to 'consider' as required by the Local Government Act. According to the announced timeline, the LGAB is due to report to the Minister by the end of June 2014 - ie it has just over three months to undertake its considerations.
If, say, half the submissions are form submissions and can be dealt with expeditiously (but without downplaying their value), that leaves the LGAB having to consider 200 individual submissions a day.
The complexity of the proposals, including overlaps and contradictions, makes this a daunting task and one I do not envy the LGAB for having.
Where, however, does this leave the 'late' proposals submitted as part of the submission process, including those from the City of Subiaco? The LGAB cannot consider them as part of this current process, as they have not been put out for the required six weeks for submissions - nor, surely, can it put them out for submissions while it is considering proposals that have already attracted 25,000 submissions.
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