The forced amalgamation of Marrickville, Ashfield and Leichhardt Councils into the Inner West Council has been an expensive failure, and impending big rate rises for many residents prove this, writes Pip Hinman.
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The Malcolm Turnbull Coalition government's economic spin is that they are managing a 鈥渢ransition鈥 from 鈥渟trong resource investment-led growth to broader-based drivers of economic activity鈥.
This, it claims in the 2016 budget papers, is a transition to more 鈥渓abour-intensive sectors, such as services鈥. Hence the Coalition's mantra: 鈥淕rowth and jobs鈥. Sounds nice, but what does this mean for the different classes in Australia?