❓ Mr. Sprigg questions the Premier about changes to local government voting, describing them as a 'treacherous act of political bastardry' implemented without consultation. The Premier defends the changes as a means to encourage greater participation in local government.
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT - VOTING CHANGE
I ask a supplementary question. What was the justification and motivation for imposing upon local government this treacherous act of political bastardry, with no consultation whatsoever, and against the wishes of the government’s own local government advisory board? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
I ask a supplementary question. What was the justification and motivation for imposing upon local government this treacherous act of political bastardry, with no consultation whatsoever, and against the wishes of the government’s own local government advisory board? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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Mr Speaker - Mr R.F. Johnson : Try to answer that one, Premier! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do my best! I give an assurance to ordinary Western Australian people that we are not trying to impose anything that could be deemed treacherous or untoward. We are trying to encourage people to take part in the local government process. The majority of people in Western Australia take no part in the local government process. We believe that we can encourage greater, and more representative, participation in local government through the changes we are seeking to introduce.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: Mr Speaker - Mr R.F. Johnson : Try to answer that one, Premier! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do my best! I give an assurance to ordinary Western Australian people that we are not trying to impose anything that could be deemed treacherous or untoward. We are trying to encourage people to take part in the local government process. The majority of people in Western Australia take no part in the local government process. We believe that we can encourage greater, and more representative, participation in local government through the changes we are seeking to introduce.
Mr Speaker - Mr R.F. Johnson : Try to answer that one, Premier! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do my best! I give an assurance to ordinary Western Australian people that we are not trying to impose anything that could be deemed treacherous or untoward. We are trying to encourage people to take part in the local government process. The majority of people in Western Australia take no part in the local government process. We believe that we can encourage greater, and more representative, participation in local government through the changes we are seeking to introduce.
Mr R.F. Johnson : Try to answer that one, Premier! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do my best! I give an assurance to ordinary Western Australian people that we are not trying to impose anything that could be deemed treacherous or untoward. We are trying to encourage people to take part in the local government process. The majority of people in Western Australia take no part in the local government process. We believe that we can encourage greater, and more representative, participation in local government through the changes we are seeking to introduce.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do my best! I give an assurance to ordinary Western Australian people that we are not trying to impose anything that could be deemed treacherous or untoward. We are trying to encourage people to take part in the local government process. The majority of people in Western Australia take no part in the local government process. We believe that we can encourage greater, and more representative, participation in local government through the changes we are seeking to introduce.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: Mr Speaker - Mr R.F. Johnson : Try to answer that one, Premier! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do my best! I give an assurance to ordinary Western Australian people that we are not trying to impose anything that could be deemed treacherous or untoward. We are trying to encourage people to take part in the local government process. The majority of people in Western Australia take no part in the local government process. We believe that we can encourage greater, and more representative, participation in local government through the changes we are seeking to introduce.
Mr Speaker - Mr R.F. Johnson : Try to answer that one, Premier! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do my best! I give an assurance to ordinary Western Australian people that we are not trying to impose anything that could be deemed treacherous or untoward. We are trying to encourage people to take part in the local government process. The majority of people in Western Australia take no part in the local government process. We believe that we can encourage greater, and more representative, participation in local government through the changes we are seeking to introduce.
Mr R.F. Johnson : Try to answer that one, Premier! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do my best! I give an assurance to ordinary Western Australian people that we are not trying to impose anything that could be deemed treacherous or untoward. We are trying to encourage people to take part in the local government process. The majority of people in Western Australia take no part in the local government process. We believe that we can encourage greater, and more representative, participation in local government through the changes we are seeking to introduce.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : I will do my best! I give an assurance to ordinary Western Australian people that we are not trying to impose anything that could be deemed treacherous or untoward. We are trying to encourage people to take part in the local government process. The majority of people in Western Australia take no part in the local government process. We believe that we can encourage greater, and more representative, participation in local government through the changes we are seeking to introduce.
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