Correct as at 8 September 2014
On 2 December 2013, Kott Gunning released "Forcing
Amalgamations – Update 3". This update –
"Update 5" has been prompted by the recent publicity
about the National Party's position on forced amalgamations in
the metropolitan area.
Update 5 provides both a reminder of the provisions that the
Government was seeking to move through the Parliament on 2 December
2013 (when Update 3 was released) and some proposed changes which
have occurred to the Bill in the meantime.
We anticipate this Bill is unlikely to make it through both
Houses of Parliament however for the sake of interest, we provide
the following summary of the Bill and the changes that it proposed
to make to the Local Government Act 2005. The membership
of the Local Government Advisory Board will expand to include two
people nominated by the Minister and an additional two to be
nominated by WALGA. This will change the membership of the board
from:
