Forced council mergers: How the NSW government got it so wrong

A litany of failures.

16 February, 2017

Regional council mergers halted; Sydney mergers stand

No plebiscites.

14 February, 2017

Valentine’s Day heartbreak for NSW councils over mergers or happily ever after?

Merged at first sight.

13 February, 2017

Council chambers could be used as respite cooling centres during NSW heatwave

No blackouts, says government.

9 February, 2017

Mike Baird’s forced council merger project on the verge of collapse

Possible plebiscites for deamalgamation.

2 February, 2017

Upton takes Local Government, Toole reincarnated in NSW cabinet

Full list of NSW Ministers.

30 January, 2017

Legionnaires’ outbreak spawns tighter water-cooling tower rules

Local councils asked for feedback.

16 January, 2017

Baird and Berejiklian: ‘Free marketeers who don’t care about affordable housing’?

Rebuilding the NSW planning system.

9 January, 2017

Best of 2016: Planning under NSW forced council mergers, confusion reigns

Administrators to decide development applications.

20 December, 2016

Best of 2016: Cash for contradictions: KPMG’s model for council mergers

Model behaviour for $480k.

20 December, 2016

IPART reduces rate peg again: NSW councils told to tighten their belts

Merged councils hamstrung.

29 November, 2016

Full list of finalists: NSW local government environment stars

Sharing good ideas.

8 November, 2016

NSW rural councils lose merger case, pay costs

Case dismissed.

7 October, 2016

Council 1, developer 0: Balmain Leagues Club site knocked back

Up and up no go in Balmain.

29 September, 2016