Coming up on the Local Government News Roundup for Wednesday, 19th November:
- Baw Baw Shire’s new CEO takes leave after breast cancer diagnosis
- The Borough of Queenscliffe appoints an acting CEO for three months
- A Greater Bendigo councillor resigns citing work commitments
- More Victorian councils announce new mayors and deputy mayors
- Merri-bek scales back controversial cat curfew proposal
- NSW Premier meets with western NSW councils on a youth crime response
- Ku-ring-gai’s alternative housing plan approved by the Government
- Townsville has a new Mayor, as voters say No to Troy Thompson
- Mount Gambier Council attracts online ridicule
- and a $2M bill for contaminated FOGO cleanup in Western Australia
Also today, a councillor’s crusade against illegal dumping – Martin Taylor has literally written the book on the issue and he’s here to tell us what he would do address the increasingly costly issue.
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