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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Jasper Lindell

ACT needs a bigger Assembly and it'd be cheaper than adding a local council: review

The ACT needs an extra 10 politicians to manage the growing workload of the Legislative Assembly and the expansion is a more cost-effective answer than adding local councils, a major review of territory governance has said.

A major review of ACT governance recommends an increase to the number of politicians in the Legislative Assembly. Picture by James Croucher

The Assembly should expand to 35 members in line with earlier reviews in a move that would likely need to wait until 2032 to come into effect, the review quietly released last week recommended.

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