Col Pot doesn't like the LGAB recommendations for the City of Perth and City of Vincent, so he is picking up his bat and ball and going to play a game with new rules that suit him.Alternatively, he is convinced the legal action against the Minister and the LGAB will succeed, so he's moving on to Plan B (or should that be Plan C, D, E ………… - he's changed tack so many times it's difficult to keep track).
Not only that, but he has brazenly stated that he wants to put a Bjelke-Peterson Queensland-style gerrymander in place to ensure that the majority of ratepayers in the new City of Perth would not have the opportunity to elect the majority of councillors.
Do I see a 'one-vote, one-value' legal action coming on - or, failing that, a 'no taxation without (equal) representation' community action that might include rates strikes.
Whatever the merits or otherwise of amalgamating Perth and Vincent (plus UWA and QEII), surely our members of Parliament will understand the importance of at least reasonably equal representation.
The irony, for me personally, is that if the current legal action succeeds, as seems increasingly likely, the only community to lose out might well be the City of Vincent.
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