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The local government sector is pushing to change an “outdated” state law that sees Adelaide ratepayers pay Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation millions of dollars in compulsory advertising, in a new blow to the media company’s ailing suburban newspaper stable.
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EXCLUSIVE | Local government spending, council conduct and transparency will be put under the blowtorch, with the Marshall Government establishing an independent inquiry by the state’s Productivity Commission.
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A glut of council candidates with formal ties to political parties has ignited a push for a law change to force local government hopefuls to declare their allegiances.
One of the Marshall Government’s signature ‘cost-of-living’ reforms – a bill to impose rate-capping on councils – appears dead in the water, with the Labor Party poised to confirm it will oppose the legislation – likely as early as tomorrow, InDaily understands.
UPDATED | Local government representatives have met to anoint a new figurehead to breathe “clear air” into the scandal-scarred sector, as a former Xenophon state election candidate leads a list of contenders for the LGA presidency in the longer term.
The Onkaparinga councillor who led a successful no-confidence motion in mayor Lorraine Rosenberg wrote to Local Government Minister Stephan Knoll asking him to waive any prospective conflict of interest, InDaily can reveal.
