Its seems each new week brings another proposal for the re-drawing of Perth’s council map, the newest one seeing 30 councils cut down to 15.

A proposal lodged this week claims to be the last from the WA State Government, with the new plan following a back-down on the idea to merge the cities of Fremantle and Melville. They will now be kept separate.

Local Government Minister Tony Simpson said obvious community concern prompted the changes.

“We've listened to the community and decided to keep [Fremantle and Melville] in two; what we'd call a community with common interest,” he said.

The Mayor of Fremantle said he was glad his council had been expanded, as it absorbs part of the former Cockburn council.

Cockburn will be split up between its neighbours Kwinana, Fremantle and Melville.

Cockburn mayor Logan Howlett voiced his discontent, saying; “we will ensure that we go forward as a united front to defeat this outrageous, ridiculous proposal from the State Government.”

The Government’s latest proposal has been submitted to the WA Local Government Advisory Board. The Board will check the plan and all the community feedback submissions, before reporting back next year.

“It will review all the submissions from council and government, and as it moves through its process of looking into it, it will also open for public submissions so the community can have their input into the final say as well,” Mr Simpson said.

“The advisory board, under the Act, will make a submission to the Minister based on all the evidence and meetings and submissions to come back with a proposal.

“And, under the Act I can only do two things: I can accept it or I can reject it, but I cannot amend it.

“Some people still won't be happy but we've still got a long way to go to get to that final process,” he said.

Opposition Leader Mark McGowan claims the entire process is wrong.

“This is forced amalgamations and breaking the promise the Premier made up in the lead-up to the state election,” McGowan said.

“The board has senior Liberal party people on it, of course they're going to do the bidding of the Premier.”