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Residents take to the streets against rate rises

The council’s community engagement found that 76% of people who filled in the online feedback form on the proposed rate changes opposed the proposed new rates structure. In the former Marrickville council area, where rates are set to rise the highest, some people will be paying up to 50% more. “People are upset because the forced amalgamation of Marrickville, Leichhardt and Ashfield Councils has brought in a less representative Council, poorer services and now proposed higher rates, especially for residents of the former Marrickville Council area,” Pip Hinman, an organiser of the bicycle ride, told Green Left. “The council’s reported $1.03 billion budget blow-out is driving the rate rises,” Hinman continued. “And they are not the only service fee hikes, either. The sale of council property or, rather, our property is theft. The rate rises and outsourcing of council services is the wrong approach.”

Abuse of power : Inner West mayor fights possible suspension

Advertisement The local government watchdog has accused a Sydney mayor of an abuse of power for using a council vote to quash allegedly defamatory comments about him and others on social media. Inner West mayor Darcy Byrne is fighting potential suspension over allegations he failed to declare a significant non-pecuniary interest during a motion to force an apology from two councillors regarding the Facebook posts he claimed painted him and other councillors as corrupt. Inner West mayor Darcy Byrne is fighting allegations he breached conflict of interest rules. Credit:Edwina Pickles Office of Local Government barrister Matthew Cobb-Clark told a NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing into the alleged breach and other related claims, that by moving the March 2019 motion, Councillor Byrne sought to use his public office to obtain a private benefit in procuring an apology from the pair after his lawyers had already sent them legal letters over the posts.

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