"Cabinet determined that the most practical, efficient and effective reform would be to repeal the Municipalities Act 1923 and transition the operations of the municipalities into the relevant Government departments." -- excerpt from Government’s Request for Proposal in the Official Gazette.

• Government has been talking about “reform,” but their actions and past comments are crystal clear -- government doesn’t want to reform the corporations -- government wants to abolish the corporations. And our voting rights along with it.
  
  
• At a time when our country is facing difficult challenges like crime, education and rising budget deficits, Government has chosen to spend at least $800,000 on a team of U.S. lawyers to abolish our local governments. How much more wasteful spending can we afford?
  
  
• Government is focused on repealing the progress we’ve made in our city government and we do not want government to take away our right to participate in city government.
  
  
• According to the new Auditor General, government has a six-year record of poor fiscal management, characterised by huge and mounting deficits. They will poorly manage the day-to-day services of the city that we rely on.

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