Western Victoria Region
Bev McARTHUR (Western Victoria) (12:45): (557) My constituency question is for the Minister for Local Government and concerns the outrageous cost to Geelong ratepayers of the government-appointed monitors at $1296 per day. This must be one of the best lurks going around but obviously only available if you are a friend of the government. Why on earth are these two monitors still on the ratepayer drip? The new CEO has been appointed. Is she not up to the task? Previously I have asked when this rort is going to end. The CEO search, which was part of the monitoring process, apparently concluded five months ago. Surely now guiding council ‘back to good governance’ should not cost $1296 a day, which is the current justification for this expense. So I ask the minister: when are you going to end this abuse of ratepayer money? I ask you to do it immediately.