“Outrageous abuse of government power”: Ku-ring-gai Mayor.
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Baird kicks open door to rate rises with fresh IPART inquiry
Four-year freeze on merged council rates examined.
NSW forced merger reports suppressed
More councils enter legal fray over mergers.
Desperately seeking general managers for NSW super councils
Mike Baird asks GMs to apply for jobs in interim councils.
Is Mike Baird handpicking councillors for new super councils?
Councillors’ dilemma: apply or be sidelined.
Experts reap $1500 a day for NSW council merger public inquiries
Merger savings shrink as legal fees bite.
North Sydney joins council mergers legal challenge: Mayor appalled
Ratepayers complaining about legal fees.
We shall not be merged: NSW councils deploy guerilla legal tactics
Woollahra gives government seven days to drop merger plans.
Community groups call for Toole’s head over council mergers
Backlash building for Baird.
Baird’s upsized councils an excuse to flog big loans: Labor
Infrastructure backlog unloaded onto ratepayers.