Date: 25 June 2026 Updated: This story has been updated to include a response from the City of Greater Geelong. The City of Greater Geelong has rejected the Victorian Government’s characterisation of its housing planning performance, after the state announced it would bypass the council to fast-track four Precinct Structure Plans in Geelong’s north and […]
Date: 25 June 2026 Two regional Victorian councils have adopted their 2026–27 budgets this week, both landing on a 2.75 per cent rate rise after divided chamber votes that laid bare the tensions councils are navigating between financial sustainability and ratepayer affordability. At the City of Ballarat, the budget passed only on the casting vote […]
Date: 25 June 2026 South Australia’s local government elections will be held in April 2027 rather than November this year, after urgent legislation passed both houses of state parliament today. The upper house passed the bill with ten members in favour and seven against. Labor and the Greens supported the delay; the Liberal Party and […]
Date: 25 June 2026 Murrindindi Shire Council is calling on the Victorian Government to extend free bushfire waste disposal at council sites until 30 June 2027, warning that ending the current arrangement on 30 June 2026 would shift recovery costs directly onto fire-affected residents still working through the aftermath of January’s bushfires. Council expects to […]
Date: 24 June 2026 Two councillors in Melbourne’s west have been suspended from their duties this week following separate internal arbitration processes — with both findings citing breaches of the Model Councillor Code of Conduct. Melton: Cr Ashleigh Vandenberg — two months Melton Councillor Ashleigh Vandenberg has been suspended for two months and ordered to […]
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