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A new bill, which has been developed in conjunction with communities, provides a pathway for councils wishing to de-amalgamate. Pip Hinman reports.

Inner West Labor councillors voted to put a problematic demerger business case on public exhibition, against the wishes of Greens and Independent councillors who said it needed more work. Peter Boyle reports.

Inner West Labor councillors voted to put a problematic demerger business case on public exhibition, against the wishes of Greens and Independent councillors who said it needed more work. Peter Boyle reports.

An 'independent' report into the de-amalgamation of the Inner West Council is not only partisan; it does not even provide a methodology for its costings. Pip Hinman reports.

But on May 26, councillors were notified by the council’s general manager that three Labor councilors who are not standing for reelection — Anna York, Lucille McKenna and Sam Iskandar — had tabled a rescission motion. This is unlikely to pass but could cause enough delay to make it hard to get the poll on the September 4 ballot. The  Local Government Act allows councils to undertake polls on specific questions, including at election time, and new amendments set out a process for de-amalgamation. A majority of residents voting to de-amalgamate would not be an automatic trigger but it ...