An opponent of the name 'Western Plains Regional Council' for the newly-formed organisation has plans to continue pushing for it to be overturned.
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The Real Estate Institute of NSW (REINSW) - Orana division said it welcomed announcements by both council administrator Michael Kneipp and Dubbo MP Troy Grant that the name could be changed.
The state government announced the forced merger of Dubbo City and Wellington councils earlier this month, unveiling the name for the resulting new council on the same day.
While 'Western Plains' gained support from the Dubbo Ratepayers and Residents Association, the REINSW Orana division raised concerns, and on Wednesday Mr Kneipp said he was open to people making other suggestions.
He said it was not his decision to make, "but if there's a consensus I'm happy to put it forward".
His position was welcomed by the peak body for real estate, which indicated it would continue its efforts to have 'Dubbo' returned to the name.
"Dubbo members of REINSW - Orana division are hopeful the regional council can be identified as Dubbo Regional Council, which would retain the name of the City of Dubbo in the name of the council," acting chairman Bob Berry said.
"This would preserve the ranking of Dubbo alongside Tamworth, Bathurst, Orange, Wagga and Albury as the major inland regional centres and councils. "It also retains uniformity in description of councils, alongside Armidale Regional Council and Tamworth Regional Council."
The REINSW had written to Mr Kneipp, welcoming his announcement, and requesting a meeting with him.
There they would "set out the reasons for our concern at the loss of the name and identification of Dubbo from LGAs in NSW as it relates to the collection and reporting of real estate sales and rent statistics and building approvals, by the ABS and the various data providers", Mr Berry said. Former Dubbo City Councillor Bill Kelly also told of concerns about the chosen name.
"I'm absolutely disappointed in the name of the new council and we've heard the newly-elected council will have an opportunity to rename it in time," he said.
"But we also saw that the Mudgee Council when they amalgamated did not like their council district name and they voted to change it, only to be stopped at the state government level. So therefore a new council could vote to change the name, but it may never happen because of state government intervention.
"In the next 17-18 months before a new council is elected all the signage to do with Dubbo City Council will be replaced by Western Plains, which has to cost upwards of $1 million and it would be a waste of money to re-badge all that signage a second time when a new council is elected and if they wished for a name change."