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Administration pending, dysfunction rejected, and Snackgate referral – #624

  • Ministerial confirmation that an administrator is coming for Hepburn Shire
  • Stonnington weighs fixes to blunt $4.1m congestion levy hit
  • Wyndham security patrol trial ends
  • Broken Hill backs the lifting of the NSW uranium ban
  • Cairns Council rejects “dysfunction” claims
  • Hobart’s deputy lord mayor referred to police over “Snackgate” allegations
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Permanent CEO of Hornsby Shire Council Confirmed

Permanent CEO of Hornsby Shire Council Confirmed

Date: 2nd August 2026 Hornsby Shire Council has appointed long-serving executive Glen Magus as its permanent Chief Executive Officer, following a competitive recruitment process. Mr Magus has served as Acting General Manager since November 2025, stepping in following the resignation of the previous General Manager, Steven Head. The appointment was formally ratified by Council at […]

Monitor IBAC referral, critical copper losses, and the end of an era – #623

Monitor IBAC referral, critical copper losses, and the end of an era – #623

Kingston City Council refers monitor invoices to IBAC · Backlash as Shoalhaven approves $14m sale of 20 properties · Greater Bendigo to hand maternal & child health services back to the state government · A win for Woolworths; Wingecarribee Council’s supermarket refusal overtu...

Bathurst Regional Council General Manager David Sherley Announces Retirement

Bathurst Regional Council General Manager David Sherley Announces Retirement

Date: 30th July 2026 Bathurst Regional Council General Manager David Sherley has announced his retirement, bringing an end to more than two decades in the role. Mr Sherley will retire on Friday, 29 January 2027. He has served as General Manager since 2004, having first joined Council as Director of Corporate Services in March 1998. […]

Central Coast Council Appoints Jamie Loader as Acting CEO Ahead of Farmer’s Retirement

Central Coast Council Appoints Jamie Loader as Acting CEO Ahead of Farmer’s Retirement

Date: 29th July 2026 Central Coast Council has confirmed Jamie Loader, currently Director of Water and Sewer, will step into the role of acting Chief Executive Officer from 2 September, as outgoing CEO David Farmer prepares to retire. The appointment was made at an extraordinary council meeting held on Tuesday, 28 July, with councillors moving […]

NGAA to hold first Emerging Growth Areas Forum in Hume

NGAA to hold first Emerging Growth Areas Forum in Hume

The National Growth Areas Alliance (NGAA) will hold its inaugural Emerging Growth Areas Forum on 4 August at Broadmeadows Town Hall, hosted by Hume City Council, ahead of the organisation’s annual National Congress. NGAA chief executive Bronwen Clark told the Local Government News Roundup the forum was designed as a peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing event for councils […]