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Keeping the public on side

Public concern about shrinking services persists and councils must learn to take communities with them and ensure they are part of every solution, says Tony Kirkham.

What does an opportunity for a three to four-year budget mean for us? Is it as simple as a one budget process for the next three years or is it fundamentally different? I am hoping it is different.

In the past six years local government has scrimped and scraped. We have restructured, downsized, disinvested in assets that didn't deliver and implemented streamlined ways of delivering services. In so many ways we have evolved.

Tony Kirkham

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