Population of the Northern Territory is 255,000; number of MPs in NT parliament 25 – population of Central Coast is 351,000; number of councillors 15.
It appears once again Central Coast residents will be disadvantaged when the 15 Councillors are reduced to nine as a result of an ill-informed, undebated, unnecessary referendum as promoted by a Liberal National Party appointed administrator.
I do not recall, in the lead up to the referendum vote, that Coast Community News, ever published or articulated a for or against facts forum, to allow voters to make an informed decision.
This is another atrocious result for the residents in the northern Central Coast.
Email Oct 4
Ian Ogston, Budgewoi ward
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sorry Ian that you missed the plethora of news articles in both our newspaper Coast News and on our website, as well as the Letters to the Editor in our Forum section and Comments section on our website. Both the referendum and the lead-up to the council elections were well covered. For your reference see some of the articles here: https://coastcommunitynews.com.au/?s=referendum
the result is the benifit of the democratic system we are lucky to have in Australia.
Despite this being the result of the democratic system which, as you rightly say, we are lucky to have here, it really beggars belief that just 9 Councillors will be able to look after the needs of what is likely to be an even bigger local population in 2028, and that many of those who voted Yes for this change have done so without seriously looking at the likely outcome of their actions.