Today we mourn the death of local democracy in the Gloucester, Taree and Great Lakes areas. People living in those area can be rightly outraged that their wishes and interests have been ignored. It is a very sad day.
There is a very real possibility that the Baird LNP Government will force through amalgamations of local government councils around the state including three in the Lyne electorate: Great Lakes, Greater Taree and Gloucester.
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Read what Julie Lyford had to say about the culpability of governments outside the New South Wales parliament at a protest against the Baird Government’s anti-democracy laws, 15 March 2016
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