Council Forced Amalgamation up date from NSW Australia - plus links to -

After a lengthy campaign against Local Government amalgamations in the State of NSW in Australia , which saw the State Government intimately abandon its plans to force Councils and Communities to merge the political party in opposition is asking the Government will Councils be compensated , and pushing for the release of a KPMG analysis (report) that the Government wants to keep under wraps ...the article in ' Government News' can be located at the below link 

Along with a link to a report by  Lynsey Blayden is a PhD candidate and Teaching Fellow at UNSW Law published at 
https://auspublaw.org/2017/11/council-amalgamations-in-nsw/ 
the report covers some key aspects including -
The engagement of KPMG and the December announcement (amalgamation) 
Questions raised by the amalgamations episode
a) Suitability of means used to make the case for reform 
b) Transparency 
c) The importance of ordinary process for effective government

Opinion – Amalgamation issue just won’t go away: The NSW Government’s disastrous council amalgamation plans, abandoned after public outcries and legal challenges, remain an issue to many in the state. The Labor Opposition says that the Government still has a hidden agenda, and many councils who spent millions of dollars on preparing for amalgamations are still trying to get compensation. The issue has …

The full article from government news "opinion" , can also be down loaded at
https://www.governmentnews.com.au/2018/01/opinion-amalgamation-issue-just-wont-go-away/