Reader believes there's a governance issue at council

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Reader believes there’s a governance issue at council

Oct 09 2025 Updated 7 hours ago

Parkes Champion-Post

I refer to the Geoff Dunford letter to the Champion Post on 25 September, 2025.

He states that Parkes Council voted for 10 years of budget deficits, without any public discussion.

I agree that there is a governance issue at Parkes Council.

An example of this is the current council meeting practice of the voting and the passing of resolutions first, then asking for councillor’s questions. This...

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