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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp

Local councils push Labor to honour full commitment to include them in national cabinet

Linda Scott speaks during a press conference in Sydney
Linda Scott, president of the Australia Local Government Association, says local governments are ‘the quiet achievers in our federation’. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Local councils will continue to push to be made full members of national cabinet, warning that being invited to one meeting a year falls short of Labor’s commitment.

Linda Scott, president of the Australian Local Government Association, welcomed the foot in the door given to the third tier of government at Friday’s national cabinet meeting, but she said it “will not consider [Labor’s] commitment to have been delivered until ALGA is a full voting member at all national cabinet meetings”.

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