SA Council blasts wasteful ‘advice’ scheme

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The CEO of SA’s City of Burnside Chris Cowley has described a mandated ‘advice’ scheme as a waste of ratepayer money.

Councils are required to submit their financial documents to the Essential Services Commission of SA for review, and to receive advice on their appropriateness for long term sustainability.

Burnside has been charged $45,000 for advice that Mr Cowley says is basic and blatantly obvious.

The new advice scheme came into effect last April and is intended to run for four years. More details from indaily.com.au