I had a nice chat with 612 ABC Brisbane’s Steve Austin on his Drive program yesterday afternoon regarding my most recent post New round of council amalgamations should be considered following Logan & Ipswich sackings. I began by telling Steve that, when I first heard the news about Logan, Rahm Emanuel’s dictum came to mind, that “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” You can hear my conversation with Steve from 46:20 at:

612 ABC Brisbane Drive program – Friday 3 May 2019

Regarding Queensland’s disproportionate number of tiny councils, one of the issues discussed in our conversation, consider the scatter plot below.