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Weekend update, 30th September 2023, including:

A councillor suspended for three months for serious misconduct;
A Victorian council facing union claims of bullying leading to staff departures;
The only Australian local government to recognised on a most innovative company list;
A mayor concerned his council is about to disintegrate as it waits on a government demerger response;
A council and state government standoff over a major sporting event;
Councils act on multiple reports of marijuana poisonings in dogs in Queensland;
and a compromise on the use of a prayer at council meetings in Adelaide.

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Councillors and staff are increasingly tackling issues stemming from rising levels of negative, abusive and sometimes threatening rhetoric. Hear from experts from around the world about what t

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