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Stark reality

THE Perth Voice’s scoop, “Shallow pool sinks Triton home games,” August 24, 2024, is the stark reality so well dramatised by the ABC in The Games and Grass Roots.

Here we have a small, inner city council who inherited a major state asset that for decades met FINA accreditation and yet a 2023/24 refurbishment leaves it only 1.72m deep and useless for State league water polo games.

Where is the accountability? It is with the councillors and their power to hire and fire the CEO.

Will the councillors stand up for the community and ensure accountability?

Will the councillors direct the CEO to find a solution?

One of the councillors is Ron Alexander, former director general of the Department of Sport and Recreation for 18 years. 

What oversight was he providing?

Raising the side walls to 2.0m or 2.1m is the most obvious solution with a step up around the outside of that wall.

And credit to the Perth Voice. This is why we need local journalism.

Paul Collins
Mount Hawthorn