Re: Albury-Wodonga to merge

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"Brown Family" <lbrown2@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 18:03:04 +1000, David Bromage
> <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote:
>
> >The NSW and Victorian governments have agreed to merge Albury and
> >Wodonga, creating the first local government to span a state border.
> >
> >This means N453, N452 and XP2007 will have to be renamed. :)
> >
> To what? Albonga? Wodbury?
>
> Still, it's a very sensible move. Will the police, fire brigade and
> ambulance also be merged? I can't see that happening.

No, since these are state government functions. The merging into the one
local government area will result in efficiencies in things like garbage
collection, etc (well, that is the theory, anyway).

Dave