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Governance emergency, urgent demands, and alleged undue influence – #588

  • Victorian Councils press their advocacy priorities – with hooning, road conditions and police numbers among the demands
  • A governance emergency in New South Wales has councils scrambling to roll back new meeting rules
  • A NSW MP accused of undue influence on council operations
  • A new CEO appointed to run two Tasmanian councils
  • In WA, a commissioner appointed to Carnarvon Shire, and a Council CEO calls time
  • A $400M housing incentive fund for NZ Councils
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