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On 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; […]
Continue ReadingTwo mayors, one in New South Wales and another in Tasmania, have resigned their positions in the past week. At Camden Council in NSW, Cr Ashleigh Cagney has been elected to serve out the four remaining months of the current term following the resignation of Therese Fedeli after four years in the role. In a […]
Continue ReadingIn episode 220 of the Roundup, The Wodonga municipal monitor report attracts criticism; As does Greater Geelong’s organisation restructure; A call for state government help to deal with council meeting disruptors; Public toilets become a divisive topic; A new mayor for Canterbury Bankstown, and a new GM for Moree Plains; A major milestone in WA; […]
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; […]
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