On Mon, 22 Oct 2012, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
Hi,
On 22/10/2012 12:03 PM, Peter Ross wrote:
does anybody bother about the way we vote here in Victoria?
Local governments (councils) are not recognised in out constitution, they are corporate businesses themselves. .. I am not a lawyer, nor am I an expert in this area. For more details about the facts, refer to the following link and study our constitution.
The Victorian constitution recognizes local goverments: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/ca1975188/ Section 74a: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/ca1975188/s74a.html Anongst others it states: (b) is constituted by democratically elected Councillors as the governing body I am not a lawyer either but I doubt whether councillors voted in by business representives can be considered "democratically elected". Regards Peter