The Town of East Fremantle council is flying in the dark about what the town has spent as staff struggle to meet a paperwork requirement from the Office of the Auditor-General.

The OAG wants the town to re-do its financial statements to include income and losses from the recently opened East Fremantle Community Park, which town staff have warned will have an impact on their operations.

It has already had an effect, with staff having to delay a report on the town’s spending.

The council agreed at its July 15 meeting to put off its June financial statement until next month.

Financial statements are intended to let the council know what it is spending money on. Under the Local Government (Financial Management) Regulations 1996, they have to be presented within two months after the end of

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