When City of Ryde Mayor, Bill Pickering, was recently assaulted at a polling booth for a council by-election, the biggest question in his mind was: Why would any ‘sane’ person want to serve in public office? Comment by Hugo Halliday PR & Marketing Managing Director, Bill Pickering. (*Bill is also Mayor of the City… Read more »
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Council Amalgamations Not the Answer to Better Planning
Metropolitan councils in NSW are facing a push by the State Government to amalgamate to allegedly make Local Government more financially viable, or in bureaucratic speak – ‘Fit For The Future’. No one disputes the need for fiscal responsibility in Government at every level, but all the evidence points to being bigger through amalgamations not… Read more »