The high profile Bentley centres will go to Victoria Park/South Perth. The suburbs of Shelley, Rossmoyne and Willetton would join the expanded Fremantle/East Fremantle/Melville council.
Canning commissioner Linton Reynolds said the loss of the suburbs would not affect revenue.
‘Those suburbs going to Melville bring in approximately $6.7 m in revenue but the loss is basically cost neutral,’ he said. ‘But the Brownlie Towers redevelopment will take a lot of planning and resources over the next two years, and then we will have to hand it over to someone else.’
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READ NOWMr Reynolds said Canning residents could expect a rate increase after the merger.
‘City of Canning rates are lower than any of the surrounding neighbours, so it seems inevitable that they will rise with amalgamation,’ he said.