Your Say: Ken Grundy. The News headline last issue predicted a “Shake-up for Councils”. Minister for Local Government, Mr Geoff Brock, announced a plan to transform Local Government due to public feeling that Councils could move more to regional authorities or State Government could take over Council duties. Whichever way you look at this it is a move away from governing ourselves locally to a centralist policy. The trend to centralisation is evident everywhere but the results are not encouraging.  For example the horrid WA legislation which prevented a farmer digging a post hole without prior approval from First Nation people was thankfully rescinded but there is already talk of the Federal Government considering implementing similar impositions, making it nation-wide.  From the national perspective Australia and other nations are now complying with policy directions from the United Nations  –  surely the ultimate in centralisation or One World Government.  These policies […]