Predictable shock stories...but where is the vision?

By Heather Jameson | 06 September 2023
  • Heather Jameson

In this week’s Viewpoint column, Dr Jonathan Carr-West highlights an oxymoron – local government has the ability to leave you shocked but not surprised, all at the same time.

In his case, it is the entirely unsurprising revelation of just how many councils are close to financial collapse.

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