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❓ A member of parliament questions the Minister for Local Government regarding concerns about the 'MyCouncil' website and its accuracy/clarity, receiving assurance it will not be scrapped and may be improved. The question seeks clarification on specific issues with the website's information.

AnsweredQoN 844Legislative Assembly

Asked

21 June 2017

Member

Mr A. Krsticevic

Portfolio

Local Government

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I refer to the Minister’s comments made at Western Australian Local Government Association's AGM on 3 August 2016 regarding the Department of Local Government and Communities’ “MyCouncil” website, that Labor wants a clear, unequivocal website that gives accurate and real information to ratepayers and stakeholders about their rates history, calculations and how rates are spent and on what priorities, and ask: (a) can the Minister please outline his concerns with the MyCouncil website; (b) will the Minister please advise what information on the MyCouncil website he believes is unclear or inaccurate; and (c) does the Minister intend to scrap the MyCouncil website?

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Answered

9 August 2017

Responded by

Minister for Local Government

Response time

6 days

(a-b) The MyCouncil website is limited to presenting information that is already provided by local governments under the Local Government Act 1995 and information supplied to the Western Australian Local Government Grants Commission. Future revisions may enable additional information to be presented that will continue to improve transparency and accountability.
(c) No.

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