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Mayor resigns, councillors censured, and a council charged – #618

  • A regional mayor steps down ahead of a run for State Parliament
  • The state opposition pledges to scrap the mandatory glass recycling bin rollout
  • A NSW mayor and a councillor censured,
  • While two councillors in two different states have been ejected from council meetings
  • Worksafe charges a Tasmanian council over a fatal workplace incident
  • An Adelaide councillor resigns, and is set to challenge for the Lord Mayor’s position
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