00:03Extraordinary elections for two extraordinarily troubled local governments.
00:07Ratepayers hoping for less dysfunction and more action.
00:11I would like to see the councillors not fighting anymore and disagreeing about things.
00:18I just feel a sort of malaise, we just feel a sense of hopelessness in a way.
00:23We need to see fresh faces because people have been on the council for some years.
00:32Nedlands and Port Hedland holding elections to replace two sets of commissioners
00:36appointed by Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley last year.
00:40She dismissed both councils, left unable to function following several councillor resignations.
00:46However...
00:47My preference would have been to be able to install those commissioners for more than six months
00:52and definitely the feedback that I had from absolutely everybody in the sector,
00:56it was that they thought that I had that ability.
01:00The Minister now wants further reform.
01:03Flexibility in the Local Government Act for longer commissioner appointments
01:06after councils are vacated.
01:08That's after flagging compulsory voting and four-year full spill elections.
01:13I'm not interested in a power grab at all.
01:16What I am interested in is having the right tools available for me and also the inspector to use in
01:22the right circumstance.
01:23But the opposition is concerned despite agreeing the act is outdated.
01:27When it comes to commissioners, of course they play an important role in those councils.
01:33But for a minister to have oversight and power in that area, I would like to see the detail there.
01:39Reform needs to have an end date.
01:41If you liken it to any workplace, if you talk about a structural reform in a workplace,
01:45there's no better way to get everyone on edge.
01:47Monitors appointed at both councils by the Local Government inspector
01:52will oversee the transition from commissioners to new councillors and mayors.
01:58But the City of Nedlands and the Town of Port Hedland are still facing a huge task ahead.
02:04Risks at Nedlands predicted to cost $27 million to fix while Port Hedland requires stability given its economically crucial mining
02:13operations.
02:14High stakes not only for those elected, but ratepayers as well.
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