Hurstville Council junkets a joke

I find the information shared by Mr Pickering astounding (Your View, March 24).

To flippantly announce that Hurstville Council charge more to rent facilities than it costs to send all councillors on a junket to a star-rated hotel in Terrigal is a ridiculous situation.

These premises are owned by all ratepayers and controlled by council and should be utilised to best serve the ratepayers.

I would have no doubt that when hired out to third parties, council charge a premium price, but that is no excuse for our councillors to travel up the coast to hold meetings that are called to discuss local issues.

All I can say is, "get fair dinkum" — it is a totally unacceptable situation.

G. A. Wight, Mortdale