❓ Hon Simon O'Brien asks the Minister for Local Government about instructions given to the Local Government Advisory Board (LGAB) regarding the scope and depth of their inquiries into local government amalgamation proposals. The Minister states that no instructions were given.
AnsweredQoN 220Legislative Council
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LOCAL
GOVERNMENT — AMALGAMATIONS
220. Hon SIMON O'BRIEN to the minister representing the Minister for Local Government:
I refer to the current inquiries by the Local Government
Advisory Board in relation to proposals for local government amalgamations.
(1) What instructions have been given to the LGAB about the
scope of its inquiries?
(2) Has the
LGAB been instructed, directly or indirectly, that it need not or should not
carry out detailed evaluation of the effects of any or all of the proposals
submitted; and, if so, what are those instructions?
GOVERNMENT — AMALGAMATIONS
220. Hon SIMON O'BRIEN to the minister representing the Minister for Local Government:
I refer to the current inquiries by the Local Government
Advisory Board in relation to proposals for local government amalgamations.
(1) What instructions have been given to the LGAB about the
scope of its inquiries?
(2) Has the
LGAB been instructed, directly or indirectly, that it need not or should not
carry out detailed evaluation of the effects of any or all of the proposals
submitted; and, if so, what are those instructions?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice of this question.
(1) No instructions have been given to the Local Government
Advisory Board.
(2) No, it has not.
(1) No instructions have been given to the Local Government
Advisory Board.
(2) No, it has not.
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