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NSW mayors and councillors are set to receive an increase in fees from 1 July. The remuneration tribunal has determined an increase of 3% will apply for the next financial year. The tribunal has also reviewed the remuneration categories of councils and mayoral offices, and created two new categories – Metropolitan Major, and Rural Large. […]
Continue ReadingThe Lord Mayor of Parramatta, Donna Davis, who has been elected to the NSW Parliament, is resigning the lord mayoralty position effective next week. Cr Davis will however continue in her role as a councillor until the next local government elections, which are due in September 2024. The council has scheduled an extraordinary meeting for […]
Continue ReadingToday on the Roundup,We look into the Wodonga City Council Municipal Monitor’s Final Report; What’s in the Federal Budget for local government?; Melbourne’s new parking plan unveiled, and not everyone is happy about it; A new report offers suggestions for the local government response to homelessness; An embattled Sydney mayor set to resign; The Council […]
Continue ReadingOn the latest episode of Australia’s number one local government news podcast: Threats of violence lead to more council events being cancelled; A rural mayor attracts criticism over his council’s support for duck hunting; Sorrento traders campaign to secede from Mornington Peninsula Shire; The local government funding model to be examined by a parliamentary inquiry; […]
Continue ReadingToday on the Local Government News Roundup: The Darebin Municipal Monitor’s report released; Greater Geelong gets the green light to recommence its CEO recruitment process; A concerted campaign to disrupt council meetings continues around the country; A councillor ordered to apologise for social media comments, while another has their sanctions repealed…at least for now; There’s […]
Continue ReadingIn this episode of the Local Government News Roundup: Councillors nationwide unite on electric vehicle advocacy; a Victorian MP wants administrators appointed to Greater Geelong Council; more council projects impacted as a major construction company goes into voluntary administration; Sydney councils join forces to tackle the affordable housing shortage; Penrith’s new General Manager announced; a […]
Continue ReadingToday on the Local Government News Roundup, aVictorian Mayor considering a landmark defamation case against Chat GPT; CEO news from Victoria and Western Australia; redundancies proposed due to budget pressures at Greater Geelong; double duty for some NSW councillors elected to State Parliament; a WA council draws criticism from the Local Government Minister; a NSW […]
Continue ReadingMosman Council has formally decided to ban the use of the controversial Tik Tok app on Council-issued devices. It has reportedly become the first council in NSW to take action against the app, following similar decisions at the federal and state level in recent days. The ban comes into effect with the adoption of a […]
Continue ReadingThe latest from the Local Government News Roundup, including: A call for an increase to the pensioner rates rebate; The new Victorian Mayoral Advisory Panel revealed; A Queensland council’s systems taken offline due to a ransomware attack; CEO movements in Western Australia; Paris votes to ban rental e-scooters;and much more news from around the world […]
Continue ReadingOn the latest episode of the Local Government News Roundup: VCAT rules on the validity of the 2020 Moreland Council election of Milad El-Hilabi; The Horsham Municipal Monitor’s report released; A Sydney councillor resigns over lack of parental leave entitlements; A new CEO announced for the City of Parramatta; And the mayor and CEO relationship […]
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