Local Government Reform Western Australia

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM for WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Insert into the above an authoritarian socialist system that cannot function efficiently and effectively because it is designed not to, and we have local government

It is the playground of sociopaths who collectively do not want you to play in their game or talk to them

It is law maker, law interpreter, law administrator, regulator and law enforcer

It has friends in high places who like it as it is

It takes from the many and gives to the few

It redefines words and terms to suit itself

It is neither fair, just nor equitable

Its mantra is “democracy”

It is resistant to change

It seeks more powers

and you continue to accept it

At next election time, ensure you vote but think carefully before you decide your preference – it does matter

INDEX:

(select and click on the blue link to open the titled page) 

INTRODUCTION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

HOW TO UNDERSTAND LOCAL GOVERNMENT - THE OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT – courtesy of the City of Fremantle

THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT – courtesy of the WA Local Government Association (WALGA)

DIRECTORY OF WA LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - html web page

DIRECTORY OF WA LOCAL GOVERNMENTS -pdf

PART 1: THE ADVENTURES OF REG AND RAELENE - A SELECTION OF SATIRICAL VIDEOS ABOUT REAL WORLD EXPERIENCES

PART 2: A PATH TO REFORM

PART 3: THE RULE OF LAW

PART 4: CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

PART 5: freedom, democracy, liberty and the Rule of Law

PART 5A: POLICY AND LAW

PART 6: PUBLIC NOTICE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW

part 7: MORE COMMENTARY – 2011 SUBMISSION

PART 9: THE PURPOSE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT - EXPLAINED BY A HIGH PROFILE WA MAYOR. Fear not, your way of life is in good hands.

PART 10: ACCOUNTABILITY

PART 10a – THE COUNCIL/CEO FORM OF LG – THIS US VIDEO EXPLAINS THE WA SYSTEM OF LG. Note: In this model the CEO is accountable to Council – but the Council is not accountable to anyone for anything it does that is not criminal.

PART 11: DEFAMATION

PART 12: THE PUBLIC INTEREST

PART 14: THE LAW

PART 15: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

PART 16: THE TOOLS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

PART 17: STANDING ORDERS

PART 18: GOALS FOR POLITICAL REFORM 

PART 19: OFFICIAL REVIEWS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

PART 20: 2018 AMENDMENT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995

PART 21: THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

PART 22: ALLIANCE AWARDS

PART 23: THE WALGA IDEOLOGY FOR REFORM – 2020    

Note: There is no reference to the extensive research and recommendations from the several previous official reviews from 2006 on – particularly the “Robson Review” - see Part 19 above

Note the proposals designed to maintain the current manipulation of elections and limit “Community Engagement”.

PART 24: WARDS OR NO WARDS ?   A Submission To The City Of Armadale Review Of Wards 2020

PART 25: BETTER BUILDINGS & CONSUMER PROTECTION - Recommendations by professional Building Surveyors advocating consumer protection for home building construction

PART 26A: RADIO 6PR 882 PODCASTS – ESSENTIAL LISTENING

PART 27: MELVILLE RESIDENTS AND RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION VIDEOS

PART 28: OFFICIAL W.A GOVERNMENT 2021/2022 LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM PROPOSALS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT – SUBMISSIONS CLOSE 25 FEBRUARY 2022

Ministerial Statement 10 November 2021

      Summary of Proposals

Based on the significant volume of research and consultation undertaken over the past five years, the Minister for Local Government has now announced the most significant package of major reforms to local government in Western Australia since the Local Government Act 1995 was passed more than 25 years ago.

The package is based on six major themes:

1.    Earlier intervention, effective regulation and stronger penalties

2.    Reducing red tape, increasing consistency and simplicity

3.    Greater transparency and accountability

4.    Stronger local democracy and community engagement

5.    Clear roles and responsibilities

6.    Improved financial management and reporting

NOTE: pdf file downloads are available from the above DLGSC web pages

PART 29: RATEPAYERS VICTORIA INC. – Report: “Why Council CEO’s are a Cartel”

PART 30: CONTRIBUTIONS FROM LARRY GRAHAM  - Former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia and resident of the Shire of Toodyay

Public Submission to the DLGSC Review 22 November 2018      (pdf)

Address to the Town of Cambridge 27 February 2019                                                                                        (video)

Address to the Town of Cambridge 27 February 2019  (pdf Transcript)

Comments on “The Club” 08 November 2020  (pdf)

Larry Graham on Radio 6PR 06 January 2022  (mp3)

Review March 2022 Public Submission to the DLGSC (pdf)

Larry commentary on the Shire of Toodyay 12/2022           (pdf)

Posts to LGReform Facebook Page 2023         (pdf)

What is Local Government ? May 2024           (pdf)     

PART 31: WA ELECTED MEMBERS ASSOCIATION

Website

Facebook Page

Submission to LG Reform February 2022

PART 32: WA RESIDENTS AND RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION (WARRA)

Website

Facebook Page

Submission to LGReform February 2022

PART 33: WAKE UP JOONDALUP      SOME POLITICAL SATIRE FROM SUZANNE THOMPSON       

Parting Address To City of Joondalup Council – November 2023

The Manifesto

No.1 Tinkerbell (Fiddler Unproductis)

No.2 The Seat Warmers (Inertia Bureaucratus)

No.3 The Parasite (Spongious Maximus)

No.4 The Politician (Porcus-Barrellus)

No.5 The Good Councillor (Beneficius Equus)

REFERENCED DOCUMENTS:

Some documents referenced in this website are reproduced here for convenience

"A slightly different version of the argument--this is really the core of Max Weber's reflections on the subject--is that a bureaucracy, once created, will immediately move to make itself indispensable to anyone trying to wield power, no matter what they wish to do with it. The chief way to do this is always by attempting to monopolize access to certain key types of information."                                                                                                                                                         David Graeber

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Local Government Councils and their individual Councillors appear to want to govern with discretional unfettered and unconstrained control but not be responsible for outcomes resulting from their decisions or indecisions and actions or inactions - i.e. an "all care and no responsibility" system.

Thus it is customary in government these days to qualify statements or information with a "disclaimer"

Accordingly, in like manner, the following DISCLAIMER applies to this website:

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CONTRIBUTIONS:

If you would like to add your own experiences to this website please feel free to email them for consideration, or send me your details and I will contact you. 

The focus of this website is FREEDOM, CIVIL RIGHTS and the RULE OF LAW. 

Please note accounts of alleged corruption or mismanagement in your Local Government are not suitable for posting on this website. Persons wanting to make allegations should note the public is prone to forgiving their leaders when they are well liked and respected, so allegations are likely to be ignored unless criminal in nature and supported by hard evidence - but that is a role for higher authorities. 

In any event, the Australian media has historically shown us that Australia is the only country in the world where political corruption (at any level) does not occur, so there can be nothing to allege.

However in the area of process management, management of Elector Meetings is one area of great concern because the lack of clear legislation offers scope for discretional manipulation of process and meeting outcomes. In recent times there have been media reports of some local governments banning (symbolic) motions of "No-confidence" by Electors in Elector meetings.

Note that all claims must be substantiated with documented evidence (such as minutes of meetings and/or public documents) and devoid of defamatory material. 

NOTICE:

All material displayed or linked in this website is published for public information and education in the public interest under the authority of The Commonwealth Crimes Act 1914 No. 12, 1914 Part II—Offences against the Government – Section 24F, the Western Australia Criminal Code Part VII S45 and various High Court of Australia judgements.

Readers are reminded of the WA Criminal Code Act Compilation Act 1913

Chapter X — Offences against political liberty

75. Interfering with political liberty

Any person who by violence, or by threats or intimidation of any kind, hinders or interferes with the free exercise of any political right by another person, is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 3 years.

Summary conviction penalty: imprisonment for 12 months and a fine of $12 000.

Councillors hold political office.

This Act of Parliament renders null and void any Local Law or Policy, being "subsidiary legislation", such as Standing Orders, that seeks to limit the above rights or declare persons "vexatious" for their free exercise of any political right.

Note the non-negotiable "summary" conviction. But who will issue the “Summary Infringement Notice”? That event is not in the LG political manifesto.

Notice: For the purposes of S4.87 of the Western Australia Local Government Act 1995 and R78 of the Local Government (Elections) Regulations 1997, this report is published in the public interest by Dennis Grimwood, Mt. Richon. WA. 6112

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