Sacked City of Nedlands mayor Fiona Argyle believes it was her response to stop a Perth-high rates rise for ratepayers 12 months ago that was the pretext for an uprising against her from within, which came to a council-imploding head this week.

The ensuing year’s bitter in-fighting culminated in four councillors quitting on Monday, with Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley confirming what remains of the council will be sacked and replaced by commissioners to run the city.

One of the new commissioners’ first tasks will be to determine the size of this financial year’s rates bills for Nedlands ratepayers, along with its budget, like many other WA councils have already done in recent weeks.

Former councillor Hengameh Amiry told PerthNow this week that was part of the reason for the t

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