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Continue ReadingOn the 300th episode of the Local Government News Roundup:Monitors appointed at another Victorian council;A Darebin councillor ordered to apologise and suspended for misconduct;Moyne Shire appoints an Acting CEO;The local government funding model to be reviewed in NSW;Parramatta Council revises its controversial sponsorship deal with a rugby league club;Councils fight vandalism and illegal dumping;A staff […]
Continue ReadingOn the latest edition of the Local Government News Roundup:Council meetings lapse for lack of a quorum;A countback to fill an extraordinary vacancy fails to get a result…twice;A Council resolution on Gaza to be subject to a rescission motion;An aribter dismisses an application for a finding of misconduct against a rural mayor;Councils try to outsmart […]
Continue ReadingOn the Local Government News Roundup for 21st October 2023:A Victorian council deputy mayor and CEO resign in the same week;A disappointing reaction to a new regional hospital plan;An executive restructure unveiled at Greater Geelong;Election day looms in Western Australia, as a mayor makes an all or nothing play for re-election;A shire office closed while […]
Continue ReadingIn the midweek update from the Local Government News Roundup for 18th October 2023:A Northern Territory council suspended due to serious conduct deficiencies;IBAC’s new commissioner announced;A mayor takes leave of absence;A new rural housing action plan launched;The dog responsible for a fatal attack in Tasmania confirmed to be unregistered;The NSW government accused of targeting councils […]
Continue ReadingOn today’s Local Government News Roundup, Councils across the country respond to the devastating events in the Middle East;Local residents score a win at VCAT over Ballarat council without legal representation;A new economic and tourism framework announced for Mildura;West Wimmera Shire gets a new councillor;Questions asked about councils’ use of Roundup;A NSW Council fined after pleading […]
Continue ReadingOn the midweek update from the Local Government News Roundup, the state government set to reveal reforms to deal with a housing crisis, as councils hit back against claims they are to blame; Council waste charges in the media spotlight this week; A Melbourne council holding firm on Australia Day events; The challenges faced by […]
Continue ReadingToday on the Local Government News Roundup for 16th September 2023: A new Victorian state wide levy on short stay accommodation under consideration, as the government continues to contemplate changes to council planning powers; A council forced to refund domestic animal fines due to a technicality; The Insurance Council calls on Campaspe Shire to reconsider […]
Continue ReadingOn the midweek Roundup for 6th September, available now on your podcast player (links here) Moira Shire’s CEO resigns, a former CEO departs Greater Geelong, and Hindmarsh makes a CEO appointment; A councillor ordered to apologise for social media posts found to be in breach of the councillor code of conduct; Most Victorian Councillors think […]
Continue ReadingOn the Local Government News Roundup for 2nd September 2023, Councillors’ phones seized in an IBAC investigation; Hume Council explains why it withdrew an appeal in a councillor conduct matter; New short stay regulations a step closer in the city of Melbourne; Three former NSW councillors found to have engaged in corrupt conduct; 5G critics […]
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