Translate pro quo1/28/2024 Perth is seen as a globally liveable city and a west coast gateway that has a great climate and an abundance of natural beauty. Perth is recognized now as Australia’s 3rd largest corporate centre and our sphere of influence as a city and state is strong, possibly sometimes resented by our east coast but nonetheless recognized as powerful and abundant. Our city is forecasting strong population growth – suggesting our population will reach 3.5 million by 2050 and our economic forecasts despite the concerning daily costs of living are strong and sustainable. Perth is in such an interesting time and space right now. So if you can try and understand my world – which I can completely imagine would not be easy you will perhaps then understand my title for this presentation being “Quid Pro Quo”. As Morihei Ueshiba once wrote “once you envelop them, you will be able to guide them along the path indicated to you by heaven and earth.” It’s not all pleasure and amusement, nor a life of indulgence though as the hours are long the energy required to undertake the role must be limitless the mind needs to be broad and the spirit flexible, a hide tough to handle and deal with the inevitable tests from our fourth estate and a heart large enough to envelop the world and its many needs plus your adversaries. I can think of no other role that permits such entry and cannot believe how little I am asked about such aspects of this role possibly because people do not consider a walk in my shoes in such a way or simply because they just cannot imagine the things in a Lord Mayors purview. I have had the great honour of serving as the Lord Mayor of the City of Perth now for six years and as I hope you can appreciate around the daily "ups and downs" of public office, the focus on significant capital expenditure projects for our City and more recently the very strategic discussions about local government reform I have had the most incredible journey that has enabled me to observe learn, enter and glimpse worlds that normally would not be mine to see. The worst of all is people are meant to be loved, and machines are meant to be used, but quite apparently and all too commonly this situation is reversed. We have as a species touched the moon but yet all too often have no contact with our neighbours. More degrees are achieved at University, but yet seemingly in society there is less common sense. Pizza often reaches our home faster than ambulances may. "Today it’s apparent we have bigger houses but smaller families. ![]() Planning and Reporting on Indigenous Matters.Commitment to Mental Health and Wellbeing.
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