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Mayoral deadlock, rates shock and a Tasmanian shake-up – #560

  • A dramatic adjournment after a split mayoral vote on the Mornington Peninsula
  • Ararat’s CEO announces his departure after eight years
  • NSW councils get the green light for massive rate hikes of up to 58 per cent
  • Snowy Monaro Councillor Andrew Thaler faces a tense hearing over bullying allegations
  • Sydney councils crack down on illegal tree poisonings
  • Mayoral races heat up in Tasmania’s north-west
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