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Mercury: Gutwein gives Huon Valley Council an ultimatum …
SOUTHERN Tasmania’s Huon Valley councillors will be sacked unless they can convince Local Minister Peter Gutwein otherwise by mid-October.
Mr Gutwein has told State Parliament this morning that requirements set out by him in June have not been met by the council and he has been left with no choice other than to sack the elected representatives.
He has given them until mid-October to explain why they should not be dismissed.
The move would not affect the jobs of council staff.
Mr Gutwein ruled out fresh elections saying the Huon Valley community instead needed “stability” and a commissioner would be put in to run the council for 12 months.
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