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verityinyarraville
Mar 2, 20201 min read
Open Slather to Close Council Meetings
Any excuse is good enough for a confidential meeting under the new Local Government Legislation 2019
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verityinyarraville
Feb 20, 20203 min read
How Many Councillors Do What Casey Councillors Do?
how many councillors do what casey councillors do?
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verityinyarraville
Feb 7, 20203 min read
Double Your Money for Nothing in the new Local Government Bill
Voters pay twice for the same non-service from Councils thanks to Local Government Bill 2019
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verityinyarraville
Feb 6, 20202 min read
Maribyrnong Council Ignores Ombudsman Over Elderly Fines
Maribyrnong City Council has ignored recommendations from the Victorian Ombudsman to repay unjust parking fines for pensioners- and also...
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verityinyarraville
Feb 4, 20202 min read
Minister Cowers to Councillors’ Union Against Residents Wishes
MAV bullies Minister into dropping clauses that allow ratepayers to petition against bad Councillors
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verityinyarraville
Feb 2, 20203 min read
CEO Reigns Supreme in new Council Bill 2019
New Council Bill Gives Supreme Power to CEOs
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verityinyarraville
Jan 30, 20202 min read
Councillors' VIRT strategy to wangle full-time jobs
There are two important reasons why MPs must vote next week (February 2020) against the Local Government Bill’s clauses to hand over...
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verityinyarraville
Jan 28, 20201 min read
Councillors Demand Equal Access to MP’s Pay Pals
Councillors set for same pay pool as MPs
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verityinyarraville
Jan 28, 20202 min read
Staff Costs Hike MCC Ratepayer Burden above State Benchmark
Public Servants are a necessary cost for all Victorian taxpayers but my Council spends nearly half ratepayers' money on staff - and it's...
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verityinyarraville
Jan 22, 20204 min read
Utopia for Crook Councils in New Local Government Bill
We sometimes have arguments in our house, because The Family thinks Utopia is hysterically funny - and I can’t see the humour. The PR...
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verityinyarraville
Jan 8, 20203 min read
Shameful Council Audit Committee Sham
The New Local Government Act being rushed through the Victorian Parliament perpetrates an expensive fraud on ratepayers and taxpayers by...
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verityinyarraville
Dec 18, 20191 min read
Pallas Hypocrisy on Police and Paramedics Pay Push
Treasurer Tim Pallas has told police officers and paramedics along with other government workers that they won’t be getting anything like...
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verityinyarraville
Dec 10, 20196 min read
New Council Laws Deliberately Deceive Residents and MPs
In February 2020 State MPs will be asked to pass a new Local Government Act which effectively outlaws residents from having any effective...
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verityinyarraville
Nov 27, 20193 min read
Councillors' Poor Judgement Calls
I’ve just watched a cringe-worthy display of sour grapes by two of my local councillors who’ve insinuated that a local community advisory...
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verityinyarraville
Nov 23, 20192 min read
Four Legs Better Than Two
During November 2019 two groups in our community ran foul of local laws regarding accommodation and Council put an urgent motion to help...
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verityinyarraville
Nov 20, 20191 min read
Developers' Dreams Drive Rate Increases
Planning Zones and Developers drive property valuations and ratepayers and renters suffer.
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verityinyarraville
Nov 20, 20191 min read
Councillors Prefer Fake Surveys to Real Resident Concerns
The agenda of the MCC council meeting for 19 November included the ‘official’ community survey results that gave the Council a glowing...
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verityinyarraville
Nov 18, 20191 min read
Just starting out...please be patient
I've been contemplating this website for more than 12 months. Contrary to self-promoting web apps, it actually takes a long time to test...
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verityinyarraville
Nov 13, 20193 min read
New Council Laws Entrench Casey Corruption
The Local Government Bill being rushed through Parliament will lead to more corruption and more cost for residents and ratepayers across...
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verityinyarraville
Oct 25, 20192 min read
$400,000 on plans so what's NeXT for Ratepayers?
$410,000 already spent and no business case
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