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Friday, October 24, 2014

Another Defeat For Col

How many times does Parliament have to tell Col Pot it opposes what he is doing to local government before he gets the message and does the correct thing and abandons his grand plans.

 Yesterday, the Legislative Assembly passed the following motion:
That this house rejects the Barnett government's model for forced council amalgamations that does not allow the opportunity for a local vote of ratepayers in suburbs such as Willeton, Rivrton, Cannington, Belmont, Mundaring, Bassendean and Mt Lawley, and that the house further reject any attempts to implement forced amalgamations for regional councils.

 This follows close on previous similar motions passed by the Legislative Assembly (http://ianrker-vincent.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/cracks-becoming-chasms.html) and in the Legislative Council (http://ianrker-vincent.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/more-cracks-and-not-just-in-facade.html).

 As I have pointed out here before (http://ianrker-vincent.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/constitutional-contravention.html), this is not just a matter of parliamentary and government protocol, it has now become a breach of the WA Constitution.
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