Here are some of the stories making local government news today: 26th August
NSW’s Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council will be demerged. Local Government minister Wendy Tuckerman announced this week that the demerger would proceed in line with the next general elections in September 2024, with next steps and transitional arrangements to be announced in due course.
There’s a new mayor at Whitsunday Regional Council, with Julie Hall declared the winner of the recent poll with 53.86 per cent of the vote after preferences. Ms Hall is a local government newcomer, and a former federal candidate for One Nation in the seat of Dawson, which was won by the former Whitsunday mayor Andrew Willcox.
WA’s City of Cockburn will have two female Acting CEO’s over the next 6 to 12 months while it recruits for a new CEO. Outgoing CEO Tony Brun is heading to Avalon Airport in Victoria. From next week, Victoria Green will step into the Acting CEO position, on a recurring two monthly basis with Emma Milne. Both women are part of the Council’s senior executive team.
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