Hope ALP Is Not Doing A Barnett Backflip on City of Perth Act

It is sincerely to be hoped that the Labor Opposition is only 'poised to support' the greatly reduced City of Perth Act proposed by the Cities of Perth and Vincent after they were unable to overcome fundamental difference in the original Barnett proposal.

If this is not the case, the ALP will surely have spent, within days, much of the political capital it earned from its support of abandoning the local government so-called reform process and the rescinding of Governor's Orders that would establish new local governments from 1st July 2015.

UPDATE 12 midday: I have been assured by David Templeman, Opposition spokesman on local government, that "Any consideration of a new City of Perth proposal would be on the proviso that Vincent continues as the Town of Vincent".