PHOTO: Country Mayors go into bat for rural communities in Parliament House [Image members of the NSW CMA Board]
Inadequate funding and rising costs have led to an urgent gathering of the Country Mayors Association of NSW (CMA) as rural, remote and even inner regional Councils struggle to make ends meet.
Over 160 Mayors, General Managers and high-p;owered guests, sat down at two separate meetings to discuss critical sustainability issues and to listen to speakers addressing the issue.
They say they are locked in a battle for the survival of rural councils due to inadequate funding and rising costs…