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“Lower the temperature,” dysfunctional councillors, and a landslide win – #576

  • a landslide win for Newcastle’s new Lord Mayor
  • councillors plan a motion of no-confidence in Wyndham’s mayor
  • a $3B election call from a group of regional councils
  • a mayor calls for a lowering of the temperature after a family car is firebombed
  • a councillor sensationally resigns, branding her colleagues as dysfunctional
  • a last minute settlement of an unfair dismissal claim at a Tasmanian council, and
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