Council rates are likely to increase along with the Inquiry costing the community $500,000 ~ Thanks Salim & the other crony councilors... You're Not Welcome! Source: Auburn Review 26/4/16 pg.2 NB: While we welcome a Public Inquiry into Auburn Council, we believe that this money could have been better spent on improving the community if many of the suspended Councilors had properly conducted themselves and not acted "corruptly" during their time in office.