Spotted in the Minister for Local Government's media release today (http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/pages/StatementDetails.aspx?listName=StatementsBarnett&StatId=8164)?
Mr Simpson also praised the 16 local governments who are pressing ahead with reform by forming local implementation committees, made up of elected members and senior management from two or more local governments involved in a possible merger to drive the transition process.
Note the use of the word 'merger'- not boundary adjustment! Could this be a turning point in the argument over how the proposed changes have been specified in the government proposals to evade the Dadour poll provisions?
It is to be hoped that the Minister realises that Local Governments not on this list are not necessarily trying to subvert his process. I understand that the City of Vincent has been trying to set up a local implementation committee with the City of Perth, but has been rebuffed - partly on the not unreasonable grounds that there are at least two very different proposals still being assessed.
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