Tom Elliott shreds local council over ‘stupid’ push for international influence

Tom Elliott has shredded the Bass Coast Council for trying to lobby the world-recognised Nobel Prize committee.

A councillor has put forward a motion to call on the Prime Minister of Sweden to add a “sustainability” category to the prizes.

“I just cannot stand it when councils go beyond the basics – roads, rubbish and rates,” Tom Elliott said on Thursday.

“It might even be a good idea, but the point is – why on earth is the Bass Council wasting time and money working out ways to try and influence Sweden’s Nobel Prize committee.

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Dean Hurlston, from Ratepayers Victoria, said he sadly wasn’t surprised.

“What we seem to be having is this ideological battle infecting our councils,” he said.

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