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Mayoral deadlock, wild admissions, and a leadership crisis – #565

  • A mayoral deadlock in Wyndham
  • Yarra’s mayor makes wild admissions while trying to get an assault charge dropped
  • A leadership crisis at the City of Ryde, with three top executives sidelined
  • A deputy mayor facing conduct questions over a local health dispute
  • A long serving NSW General Manager is stepping down
  • Mayors react to a backflip on a planned expansion for SBS in western Sydney
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