After being snubbed on her most recent visit to the region, Hilltops mayor Brian Ingram has secured a meeting with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, which will take place this weekend in Young.
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Cr Ingram will use the meeting to discuss the additional funding needed to cover the cost of forming the new Council.
“As I’ve said, Council isn’t prepared to divert money away from important community services and projects in order to fund the gap in merger transition costs. Our Council and our community has said all along we should never have been treated to a lesser standard than our city counter-parts, who received $10 million compared to the $5 million given to rural and regional councils,” he said.
“I intend to make it very clear to the Premier that the $5 million allocated to fund transition expenses has fallen well-short of what’s needed. To achieve our full potential, we need to start out on the right foot, but for us to have to find the shortfall would be putting us well and truly behind the eight-ball; it’s as simple as that.”
Craig Thomson
I am a media and communications professional with experience across print, digital, social and radio broadcasts. I am currently the Editor of Australian Community Media's Launceston Examiner.
I am a media and communications professional with experience across print, digital, social and radio broadcasts. I am currently the Editor of Australian Community Media's Launceston Examiner.
