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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Misleading Parliament or Just Shafted By Barnett?

On 15th October, Local Government Minister, Tony Simpson, stated, in response to a question from David Templeman, Labor spokesman on Local Government, that "The Premier is very happy with its [the Local Government Advisory Board's] recommendations - we had a long discussion about it - and cabinet as well".
Just two days later, Colin Barnett announced that he would introduce special legislation to get what he wanted for the City of Perth (http://ianrker-vincent.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/more-sociopathic-behaviour-from-col-pot.html).

This raises an interesting question. Did Simpson mislead the Parliament in his answer to David Templeman's question or did Colin Barnett not tell Simpson, who is the Minister responsible for local government under Parliamentary statute, what he was intending to do?

The answer to one part or the other of this question must be 'yes'. In the first case, Simpson should resign. In the second, Barnett should resign.
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