Here are some of the stories making local government news today: 15th August.
Whitsunday Regional Council’s mayoral election is too close to call, according to the Courier Mail, which says Cr Mike Brunker is in the lead with two others in contention.
66.6 percent of the vote has been counted, and observers expect the result to come down to preferences. The count continues today.
There’s strong local interest in tonight’s Wodonga Council meeting, at which a community reference group for the controversial Junction Place development will be considered. The Council is also expected to adopt an MOU with Development Victoria.
The Border Mail has highlighted a previous council commitment to be fully transparent about projects earmarked for the site.
Hobart City Council is due to make a decision later today on whether to remove a statue of William Crowther, responsible for the mutilation of the body an Aboriginal man in 1869, and who later became Tasmanian Premier.
A council committee has recommended the statue be taken down after years of requests from the local Indigenous community. The Guardian has that story on its website.
Ku-ring-gai Council in Sydney’s northern suburbs will tomorrow consider a controversial proposal to rezone a bowling club site to allow a housing and seniors’ living development.
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the move is being opposed by federal and state politicians, and some residents and councillors who want the site kept as green space.
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