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Sickening reference, industrial action and the 4 day week is back – #571

  • Pressure mounts on a city mayor to resign
  • A NSW council floats a plan for a four day work week
  • A mayor’s off mic moment becomes public
  • Industrial action set to disrupt services across eight Melbourne councils
  • A council ‘s $10M legal bill successfully challenged in court
  • Residents set to protest a NSW council’s planned budget cuts
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