Forced Council Amagamations
Submitted by iana on Tue, 2013-07-30 19:10
Forced Council Amalgamations, is WA State government a dictatorship. No public vote, no public say.
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Forced Council Amagamations
Submitted by iana on Tue, 2013-07-30 19:10
Forced Council Amalgamations, is WA State government a dictatorship. No public vote, no public say. |
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Michael Yoni
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Date Joined: 02/01/11
probably tony burke's fault
probably tony burke's fault .
He's been blamed for the lobster industry, WCE performance and the aussie cricket team. Lol.....
"We" voted for this party.
D_d_001
Posts: 1522
Date Joined: 09/03/13
When the WA public vote for a
When the WA public vote for a state government, we vote for a government to make decisions for the public. not quite a dictatorship.
very hard to have a referendum on every issue of importance.
sea-kem
Posts: 15017
Date Joined: 30/11/09
Been on the cards for a
Been on the cards for a while now. Apparently councils have had 3 yrs to get their acts together on this and nothing's been done so I guess the government has pulled rank. Let's hope it's only the heirachy in the councils that get a shake up not the workers on the street. I do a lot of work for City of South Perth and they are mostly good guys to work for and with.
Love the West!
MattMiller
Posts: 4171
Date Joined: 15/06/09
Pretty simple
if you voted for 'Colin the Emporer' you just have to cop this on the chin.
Looks like he's going to change everything he can before the next election regardless of what anyone wants or has to say.
sea-kem
Posts: 15017
Date Joined: 30/11/09
Ha ha sounds like the new
Ha ha sounds like the new principle at my boy's school
Love the West!
squidder
Posts: 457
Date Joined: 03/09/10
NO no no
on the radio today a nice lady, "in politics" said that councils would not be forced into amalgamation
Albee Mangles
Posts: 985
Date Joined: 20/05/08
Yeah right mate!
Get it out there.
No idea what youre on about..
squidder
Posts: 457
Date Joined: 03/09/10
ABC radio
and I'll check tomorrow, on the morning show with Tom whatshisface
Bluetonic
Posts: 1147
Date Joined: 09/01/08
Go to most big cities
Go to most big cities overseas and this happened 20 years ago.
It's like 20 small boats trying to fish well offshore but can't! All those 20 boats decide to pull together and buy a big boat! Job done!
Blue Sky, Blue Water, Bluetonic!
squidder
Posts: 457
Date Joined: 03/09/10
What no more
debates, just dictatorship by one at the helm
Jason P
Posts: 521
Date Joined: 16/02/13
New council?
Looks like I will be living in Cocknana
DM306
saltatrix
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Date Joined: 30/03/08
PMSL
PMSL, Cocknana
They are or were some of the smallest councils in the country
Angling tourism is worth $10 billion to the Australian economy - 90000 jobs; more than any sport; spread the word
Percula
Posts: 273
Date Joined: 23/09/08
oh noo
Oh no change - so scary!
He was voted in, he can make the changes. Its been on the cards for a while and councils have done nothing.
Rob H
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Date Joined: 18/01/12
Yeah it is a great
Yeah it is a great idea.
Geraldton City and Greenough Shire amalgamated a few years back to improve efficiency and as a reward we got a 27% average rate increase last year, biggest in Aust by 4 fold.
this year they tried 8% but legal challenges got it to 2.5%.
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
lastcast
Posts: 218
Date Joined: 04/04/13
the reason 'nothing has been done'
is that apart from the state pollies and real estate developers
pretty much no-one wants it to happen.
squidder
Posts: 457
Date Joined: 03/09/10
Puts all the decisions
in "ONE" room.
No different than when the voting lines were re-drawn between the metro area and the SW here in WA. It's a numbers thing....
And, Recfish "WEST" as it should be, has all the reps in Perth and NO regional reps, no bloody different.
petermac
Posts: 2946
Date Joined: 03/03/10
true
to bloody true
chris raff
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Date Joined: 09/02/10
Poor Colin got bashed on
Poor Colin got bashed on radio this morning .. main theme was apparently lying about council mergers during the election .. I'm not a full bottle but I would've thought it was a practical idea less red tape etc .. but seems lots of people are thilfy on him
“Intelligence is like a four-wheel drive. It only allows you to get stuck in more remote places.”
petermac
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Date Joined: 03/03/10
its simple
even if it is a good thing don't tell out and out lies when you know what you will do further down the track that's what grates me
lastcast
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Date Joined: 04/04/13
all decisions will be made in one room
carnarvonite
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Date Joined: 24/07/07
Ask Gero residents
Ask Gero, Greenough and Mullewa residents what they think of amalgamations. Promised a rate reduction if they all joined together and the very next year the rates went up 28% and would have gone up 14% this year if there wasn't a huge backlash that kept them down to 7%
It has been tried in Queensland with exactly the same result, no reduction but huge rises.
Rob H
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Date Joined: 18/01/12
yep, mine was 27% last year
yep, mine was 27% last year and the council was "not our fault"!
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
petermac
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Date Joined: 03/03/10
correct
imagine them trying to merge the shires of Robourne , west pibara and port headland
squidder
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Date Joined: 03/09/10
The only bug bear
, IMO, is when outer towners wish to use the facilities [sporting and the like] your town/shire have provided with your rates.
NO rate/ID card produced you pay a little more for the convenience.
Rob H
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Date Joined: 18/01/12
disagree big time
disagree-what goes round comes round. Do you want to have to produce ID everytime you want to access public facilities.
Would you like to have to pay to use public toilets/ramp/fillet table etc in another shire?
What about people who dont pay rates at all such as your children or granny in a nursing home?
I realise its extreme in maybe the Pilbara but the principal is the same.
And on top of it all collecting the money and distributing becomes its own beast-50% lost in administration etc
My Council (thieving pricks they are) dont charge anyone from Perth etc to launch or even to park for a week at the great facilities we have and Id hate the idea of someone dipping my wallet in Coral bay/Exmouth etc
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
squidder
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Date Joined: 03/09/10
Sorry, but
I meant solely shire run facilities.
You would find that most of the faclities you have meantioned would have been funded by general state revinue.
It's annoying when your local facilities are overcrowded with outa towners, then to top it off the faclity one wishes to use is booked out because there isn't enough to go around.
Win.............lose situation.
As for boat ramps, NO one should have to pay for launching, only overnight car/trailer storage and wash down falities. JMO
pale ale
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Date Joined: 02/01/10
Interesting!! I had to take
Interesting!! I had to take a worker into the hospital as he got zapped by dodgey power cables.
He had to wait a while to be seen due to a couple Grey Nomads in the Emergency Department. This time of year, Karratha has thousands of extra people around the region, and they do put a bit of strain on our limited facilities. I went to the Liquor shop to buy some goon and it was all sold out