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FINANCE

A betrayal to faithful financing

Asking local government reorganisation areas to divvy up their finances between themselves is something akin to expecting honesty in a game show based on betrayal, writes Heather Jameson.

By Heather Jameson | 28 November 2025

If you thought local government reorganisation was more Machiavellian than an episode of Celebrity Traitors, you have seen nothing yet.

Not content with throwing large swathes of local government into a paranoid pit of position jostling, boundaries and betrayals, now there is a fair funding review to contend with.

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