Local governments have a 'responsibility' when dealing with 'public money'

The City of Sydney Councillor Linda Scott says local governments have a “responsibility” regarding “public money”. This comes amid a Northern Beaches council allocating $1 million a kilometre on footpaths. “Local governments are public bodies,” Ms Scott told Sky News host Paul Murray. “They have a very important responsibility to be responsible with all public money, to be transparent about their procurement processes. “I think what is important to recognise however is that across Australia’s 537 local governments, most of them are really under very significant financial pressure.”