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Brown needs to get fat salaries under control
Monday, 7 October 2013, 9:32 am | Cameron Brewer
Auckland Councillor for Orakei Cameron Brewer says Mayor Len Brown needs to get the fat council salaries under control first and foremost before he puts his hand out for even more money from the poor old suburban ratepayers with his recent promise ... More >>
Council staff earning over $100,000 up 20%
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 1:17 pm | Cameron Brewer
Auckland Councillor for Orakei Cameron Brewer says it’s totally out of whack that the number of Auckland Council staff (including the CCOs) earning more than $100,000 has increased by 20.4% in the past 12 months to 1,510 people at 30 June 2013 up from ... More >>
Council must urgently mow its grass, policy not working
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 12:25 pm | Cameron Brewer
“It’s disgusting that Auckland Council simply does not want to know about its long grass that is now widespread across the city,” says Auckland Councillor Cameron Brewer who publicly raised the matter at the Auckland Town Hall today. More >>
Fast-tracking City Rail Link now dependent on AK, not Wgtn
Monday, 23 September 2013, 9:08 am | Cameron Brewer
The Green Party and Auckland Mayor Len Brown’s promise to fast-track the construction of the $2.8b City Rail Link is actually completely dependent on Auckland finding half the funding and increasing its rail patronage to 20 million passenger trips ... More >>
Unitary Plan wrong to be notified during election campaign
Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 4:04 pm | Cameron Brewer
“It is almost unconstitutional for Auckland Council to have rushed something so controversial and major through at the height of an election period. Ramming the draft Unitary Plan through for notification at this time contravenes good governance ... More >>
Soaring Council debt needs urgent focus
Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 9:27 am | Cameron Brewer
The council’s borrowings will increase from $5.5 billion to $6.7 billion in the current 2013/14 financial year. That’s an increase of $1.2 billion in just 12 months, which is over $3 million a day. At the same time the cost of interest payments is ... More >>
Rates due with most paying much more than 2.9%
Friday, 30 August 2013, 2:49 pm | Cameron Brewer
“With the 2013/14 rates due today, the overwhelming majority of Aucklanders will have to pay between 4% to 10% more than last year, despite Auckland Mayor Len Brown’s constant promotion of a 2.9% region-wide average increase. More >>
Council spends $360,000 on failed fireplace ban
Sunday, 25 August 2013, 9:47 am | Cameron Brewer
At least $360,000 has been spent on reports and staff time on Auckland Council’s failed attempt to ban open domestic fireplaces from 2014. More >>
Brewer set to be re-elected in Orakei unopposed
Sunday, 18 August 2013, 5:27 pm | Cameron Brewer
Auckland Councillor for Orakei, Cameron Brewer, said he was not expecting to be re-elected unopposed and will hit the campaign trail regardless, keen to get some more centre-right councillors elected across Auckland. More >>
Pollsters get $5.1m from council, and that's just the start!
Monday, 12 August 2013, 5:32 pm | Cameron Brewer
“The revelation that over $5.1m has been spent on polls and surveys by Auckland Council will upset a lot of ratepayers struggling to pay their bills this winter,” says Auckland Councillor for Orakei, Cameron Brewer, who sought the polling costs ... More >>
Council pays $23m in expert fees for leaky home crisis
Thursday, 1 August 2013, 9:55 am | Cameron Brewer
Figures obtained under the Local Government Official Information And Meetings Act by Auckland Councillor for Orakei Cameron Brewer have revealed that $22.7m of ratepayers’ money has gone into the pockets of lawyers and so-called experts over the leaky home ... More >>
Hamilton ‘living wage’ cost blow-out
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 6:21 pm | Cameron Brewer
News that Hamilton City Council’s proposal to adopt a living wage for staff has nearly quadrupled in likely cost for their ratepayers is a timely warning for Auckland Council, says Auckland Councillor for Orakei Cameron Brewer. More >>
Unitary Plan direction slowed down and sent to local boards
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 4:52 pm | Cameron Brewer
Auckland Councillor Cameron Brewer says it is great news that his amendment passed today at the Auckland Plan Committee meeting will somewhat slow down the rushed Unitary Plan decision-making process and ensure greater involvement by the council’s 21 ... More >>
Govt AMETI, East-West Link commitment will delight business
Friday, 28 June 2013, 5:29 pm | Cameron Brewer
The Prime Minister’s ‘Backing Auckland’ speech today is great news for business groups who have been pushing for action on key transport projects for years particularly in the south-east, says Auckland Councillor for Orakei Cameron Brewer, who chairs ... More >>
Cameron Brewer hands out BEST Mayor of Auckland Awards
Friday, 28 June 2013, 3:15 pm | Cameron Brewer
Today is the first BEST celebration I’ve had the pleasure of attending, and everything I see before me – the energy, the vibrancy, the enthusiasm, the sense of potential – embodies the things that are so great about Auckland’s Pasifika community. More >>
Auckland now needs to sort out its CRL funding
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 3:41 pm | Cameron Brewer
“Auckland Council now needs to get its alternative funding sources sorted for the City Rail Link. So far ratepayers alone have been coughing up. Over the first three financial years of this council, we’ve allocated nearly half a billion dollars ... More >>
Time for Consensus Building Group to stop spending/step up
Monday, 24 June 2013, 9:36 am | Cameron Brewer
Auckland Council's Consensus Building Group - tasked by Mayor Len Brown to investigate and recommend alternative transport funding options - has cost ratepayers $598,572 including over $25,000 on seven meetings since October, reveals Auckland Councillor ... More >>
Labour should rethink “holiday highway" bashing
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 4:54 pm | Cameron Brewer
Auckland Councillor Cameron Brewer says Labour and the Greens are increasingly out of step when it comes to their on-going opposition to the proposed Puhoi to Wellsford roading project, and today’s council vote was more proof that opposition parties ... More >>
Council must consider late Unitary Plan feedback as promised
Monday, 10 June 2013, 4:00 pm | Cameron Brewer
“Many Aucklanders may have missed out on getting their Unitary Plan feedback accepted, despite assurances last month that late public submissions would be formally considered,” says Auckland Councillor for Orakei, Cameron Brewer. More >>
Mayoral back-down over Unitary Plan notification date, great
Monday, 3 June 2013, 5:13 pm | Cameron Brewer
Media release Auckland Councillor Cameron Brewer Monday, 3 June 2013 Mayoral back-down over Unitary Plan notification date, great news More >>
