(Ainslee Dennis, 20 May 2015, Manning River Times)

THE $5 million NSW government sweetener on offer to Greater Taree City Council, Great Lakes Council and Gloucester Shire Council should two of them choose merge "is not enough" and any merger "will hurt services and the community".

...Last week in NSW Parliament, Independent member for Sydney, Alex Greenwich put a motion to the Legislative Assembly that exposed the possibility that local government councils may be forced to amalgamate....

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