1.0southburnett.com.auhttps://southburnett.com.au/news2Anne Millerhttps://southburnett.com.au/news2/author/anne-miller/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="pKTUrQvA8h"><a href="https://southburnett.com.au/news2/2024/03/22/council-inquiry-kicking-the-can/">Council Inquiry ‘Kicking The Can’</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://southburnett.com.au/news2/2024/03/22/council-inquiry-kicking-the-can/embed/#?secret=pKTUrQvA8h" width="600" height="338" title="“Council Inquiry ‘Kicking The Can’” — southburnett.com.au" data-secret="pKTUrQvA8h" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),c=0;c<n.length;c++)n[c].style.display="none";for(c=0;c<s.length;c++)if(r=s[c],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=l.createElement("a"),i=l.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,o.test(i.protocol))if(i.host===a.host)if(l.activeElement===r)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://southburnett.com.au/news2/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/darren-chester-300x200.jpg300200The Federal Coalition has labelled this week's announcement of an inquiry into the financial sustainability of local councils as "another broken promise" and "a cynical attempt to stall action to deliver more support".