Local Government Minister Peter Gutwein has been accused by the Greens of pursuing council amalgamations by stealth in putting pressure on councils not to increase rates amid a $150 million revenue shortfall.
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Councils will earn $150 million less over 10 years from TasWater after the water organisation decided to fund a $1.5 billion capital works program.
It had previously requested federal and state government financial assistance which had been ignored.
Labor has also pursued the government on the housing of double-murderer Stephen Daly in a dementia unit until it was revealed yesterday.
He has since been relocated to Risdon Prison