{"id":30511,"date":"2016-10-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/merged-councils-could-save-hundreds-of-millions\/"},"modified":"2016-10-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T00:00:00","slug":"merged-councils-could-save-hundreds-of-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/merged-councils-could-save-hundreds-of-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"Merged councils could save hundreds of millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u201cCouncil amalgamations could deliver $505m to local communities across South Australia,\u201d the Property Council\u2019s Daniel Gannon tells Leon Byner on FIVEAA.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s modelled around a reduction in state-wide councils from 68 down to 32.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That would mean reducing the 19 existing metro councils down to nine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a time when we\u2019re considering all sorts of game changing future opportunities\u2026 we need to continue to be bold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Brisbane central council model pays $18-million per year less for their bureaucracy. 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