Community Outrage

Photo: Brian Baynham

About 200 people from across the Perth area gave up much of a sunny Sunday afternoon and came together in Cottesloe yesterday (Sunday 26th October) to take part in a forum on local government so-called reform.

The forum passed, unanimously, three resolutions:

1. That the Premier and the Minister for Local Government be condemned for the chaos, uncertainty and waste of time and money that their pursuit of this reform agenda has created in our councils and local communities.

2. That the Minister for Local Government immediately make available the cost savings to be achieved through amalgamations and boundary changes and the costs to taxpayers and ratepayers of them.

3. That the meeting thank John Day, MLA, for his call for his electors in Kalamunda to be given the opportunity for a poll and asks that all electors in all council areas affected by the proposed changes are allowed to vote on these amalgamations and boundary changes.