Dr Phil always says, "It doesn't matter how flat you make a pancake, there's always two sides." Meaning, there's always two sides to a story. But when it comes to any tier of government quite often that pancake turns into a dodecahedron. (That's a shape with 12 sides, just FYI).

After news broke last week when the report from the public inquiry into the Balranald Shire Council was handed down and Council was dismissed and put in the hands of administrators, my heart sank and I felt sick. Mostly for Euston local and long time community volunteer and former Councillor Joanne Roberts.

After reading some of the horrid, ill informed comments on news threads, I quickly sent a message of support to Jo and mentioned that if she ever wanted to have her say, then we have a podcast for that these days.

A couple of days later, I was ...