Bracks Acts Now To Entrench ALP & Green Dominated Councils
Bracks Government has shown it's natural antipathy towards democracy with an attack aimed at entrenching the dominance of the ALP & Greens within local councils. Under new electoral regulations, candidates would not be allowed to include how to vote lists in their candidate statements, nor criticise the performance of the existing council.The Age has the story, but Hamish carries it best.
posted by JP @ 6:49 PM
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I was in shock when I saw this article.
DISGUSTING!
I think we should just declare them the aristocracy and be done with it.
Dont worry guys The Age wil examine the issue .... not.
I see another waste of Taxpayers money on promos for the Very Costly Train ... $170,000 on Bobo the clown and his mates.
Bracks mean Tax
please tell me where I can find a Green dominated council?
Anonymous - The Greens don't dominate Councils in their own right but in concert with the ALP. Their agendas are very similar and so the only areas in which the two groups oppose each other at Council level are issues relating to the degree of their left wing agendas, rather than to do with a real challenge to those agendas.
Take a look at yarra council for an example of an ALP and Green dominated council.
They have now backed down on this for the moment, see:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/council-election-changes-dropped/2005/07/16/1121455937879.html
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