A Tale of Two Cities: Councillors' New Clothes

Important though it is for councillors to be well-presented, I doubt that many in Vincent would agree that it should cost an elected member up to $9,500 a year (that's in one year - so up to $38,000 over a 4-year elected term) for a councillor to do so. Indeed, most Vincent residents would struggle to spend that amount on clothes in a year - even if they had the money to do so.

Do the elected members making these claims not wear clothes except when on Council business - or are they also wearing these clothes, paid for by the City of Perth ratepayers, for personal use?

Interesting that not all City of Perth councillors felt the need to pay for their clothes out of the public purse.

The City of Vincent policy on allowances (file:///Users/ianker/Desktop/427_Council_Members_-_Allowances_etc.pdf), after a couple of contentious claims in the early days of Council, makes no provision for elected members to claim for clothing.

Yet another example of a fundamental cultural difference between the two cities.