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In the midweek update from the Roundup, Stonnington City Council appoints its new CEO Wodonga looking for strength in numbers in its push for a new regional hospital Renewed calls for better governance training for prospective councillors A government backflip on demerger costs in NSW A call for a public inquiry into land valuations And […]
Continue ReadingOn the weekend update from the Local Government News Roundup: Winners from around the country in the annual National Local Government Awards; News on CEO and GM appointments; A council loses a high court challenge on GST payments; Some massive rate rises approved in NSW; Plus councillors removed from office; another directed to issue a […]
Continue ReadingIn Tasmania, Central Coast Council has appointed an experienced local government executive as its new General Manager. Barry Omundson, most recently the CEO of Walcha Council in NSW, has also served in senior roles at Whitsunday and Mackay councils in Queensland; and as CEO of the Fiji Water Authority. Mr Omundson previously worked at Central […]
Continue ReadingOn the midweek update from the Roundup, 14th June 2023: A record number of attendees converge on Canberra for the National General Assembly; Local government well represented on the Kings Birthday Honours list; A new report exposes increases in homelessness around Victoria; A new local government minister in Western Australia; A council CEO issues a […]
Continue ReadingOn your weekend update from the Local Government News Roundup: The panel of administrators announced to lead Moira Shire back to good governance; IBAC reviewing its practices after a coroner’s finding into the death of a former mayor; An emergency fund for struggling renters and a tax on Airbnb’s under consideration by a metropolitan council; Another […]
Continue ReadingOn the latest episode from the Roundup, The new CEO of the MAV announced, while the City of Hobart CEO resigns – and that’s no coincidence; Hateful behaviour condemned as another Rainbow event is postponed; The government says no to resident requests for a monitor at a rural city; A call for a long overdue […]
Continue ReadingCity of Hobart CEO Kelly Grigsby has been announced as the new chief executive of the Municipal Association of Victoria. Ms Grigsby is the former CEO of the City of Wyndham and returns to Victoria to lead the state’s peak body for councils. She will commence a 5 year term in July. MAV announcement The […]
Continue ReadingHeading today’s update: Melbourne ends a sister city relationship in response to the war in Ukraine; A Greater Geelong councillor steps down; Council staff walk off the job in Melton; NSW Councils criticised in Parliament by the local government minister; Scenarios for possible council amalgamations released in Tasmania; And much more ahead in the latest […]
Continue ReadingSome of the latest stories making news news in local government circles this week… Two South Australian councils have made CEO appointment announcements in recent days. At Adelaide Hills, the Mayor Dr Jan-Claire Wisdom announced that Greg Georgopoulis was its choice to replace Andrew Aitkin who stepped down last year after ten years in the […]
Continue ReadingNew from the Roundup today: Strathbogie Shire to get its second municipal monitor inside 12 months; A plan to close libraries in Greater Geelong attracts criticism and a warning; More councils face pressure over planned IDAHOBIT Day events; New mayors appointed in NSW and Tasmania, and a Queensland council appoints its first ever female CEO; […]
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