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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Jasper Lindell

'If ACT was a council, it would have been sacked': Tyrrell backs self-govt review

The Canberra Liberals' lead Senate candidate has backed a call for a review of the ACT's self-government system and declared if the territory government was treated the same way as councils, it would have been sacked.

Nick Tyrrell said how a city with fewer than half a million residents could get into nearly $2 billion of debt was an urgent question that needed an urgent fix.

"If this was a council anywhere else in the country, it would have been sacked for financial mismanagement," Mr Tyrrell said.

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