Mayor slams budget cuts

Savage cuts to local government will flow from the federal budget, Blue Mountains Labor mayor Mark Greenhill warned this week. Cr Greenhill said the budget would cost the council $267,000 in the first year and more than a million dollars over four years. “If you vote against resisting this cut, you are in effect voting for taking a million dollars off roads and bridges and recreation facilities, libraries, and cultural facilities,” Cr Greenhill said. During heated debate at... Read More

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