NSW Premier won’t rule out forced mergers.
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Amalgamation threat to dominate Local Government NSW conference
Little love in enforced marriages.
Federal infrastructure fund inundated by cash-strapped councils
Councils jostle for a piece of the infrastructure pie
Forced amalgamation spectre returns for NSW councils
Baird shifts posts on O’Farrell’s promise
Revolt over compulsory 2:1 business voting for NSW councils
Get Clover gerrymander accusations fly
Councils warn new Crown Land laws a road to ruin
Minister hits funding pothole
States bail-out pensioner rates concessions… except WA
NSW, Qld and SA have promised to fund pensioner rebates stripped out of the federal Budget, but WA is holding out.
Grants freeze paves road to regional infrastructure hell
Budget puts safety and economic growth at risk say engineers and councils, who want access to affordable debt facilities.
NSW councils urge O’Farrell to act on local government reform
The New South Wales government is under pressure from councils to act on recommendations from the Independent Local Government Review Panel before the next election in 2015.
Councils demand regional airline access to Sydney Airport
NSW councils are getting increasingly nervous over whether regional airlines will have continued guaranteed access to Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport if a second airport is built with fears growing country communities could lose access to services available only in the city.