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Latest edition Edition date · Fri, 17 July 2026

Unnecessary political pontificating, a costly payroll error, and e-bikes out – #617

  • Hepburn’s governance crisis continues, as the council insists its budget is compliant
  • A $600,000 payroll error at the City of Stonnington
  • The end of e-bikes in Yarra
  • The sector calls for new disaster recovery funding arrangements to be scrapped
  • A NSW council CEO gets a new contract
  • A tense meeting in Cairns as the Mayor makes a second admission of wrongdoing
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