There has been a change of direction from the Department of Local Government with their announcement today of a stream-lined process for implementing the ward system. This is good news for the community. Continue reading The Ward System May Still Occur
As anyone with the slightest interest in the local government reform process would know, the abolishment of the ward system has caused great consternation amongst some local governments, elected members and community members. I have written about the importance of a ward system previously. The Department of Local Government has belatedly released a paper on the process to implement the ward system after they were recommended to be abolished by the Local Government Advisory Board. Continue reading Dept of Local Govt fail to understand the issues
The Premier and the Minister for Local Government today announced their response to the Local Government Advisory Board’s (LGAB) recommendations relating to Metropolitan Local Government Reform. There is one aspect which is highly worrying to me, and that is the abolition of the ward system for a number of local governments. Continue reading No Wards = Less Power to the People
