QW: Our councils are too small

I recently moved in to a place in Uralla Shire and I know this is an unpopular sentiment, but I think our Council is too small and we should merge. There’s a lack of professionalism and an acceptance of poor services, particularly in the villages and localities that aren’t in Uralla itself, and it’s something I think any commercial manager knows can be addressed with economies of scale. The idea that a village will lose its character or whatever just doesn’t wash with me, and there are plenty of structures like wards and local action committees that can be used to get the benefits of local leadership without the insane cost of a tiny council. I’d certainly rather see a merger proposal than a rates increase proposal that doesn’t get better services for where I live.