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Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup:

• A former councillor pleads guilty to stealing votes and escapes jail time
• Councils unite against an attempted CFMEU infiltration
• A long-serving councillor resigns
• Attempts to overturn controversial decisions fail
• Councils crackdown on an unsafe EV charging practice
• A high-profile Council CEO makes a surprise announcement
• A UK Council CEO charged with drug and drink driving offences

Plus lots more news from around the world of local government.

The VLGA and LGIU are hosting their next Global Executive Live Panel on Thursday 22 May from 5.30pm to 7pm.

Addressing a pressing issue for local government, this webinar will explore the experiences and lessons from local government across the globe when it comes to Civility in Public life.

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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Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup for 26th June 2024:

• A council turns to FOI for information on a major development proposal
• The city of Melbourne to sell its Citywide waste business
• A reversal on a controversial CEO delegation increase
• A failed push for LGA boundary changes in Sydney
• Political interference concerns at the CEO level in NSW
• A mayor in hospital; and another referred to an integrity watchdog
• A new CEO appointed
• A NZ Councillor’s offensive rant prompts a conduct complaint
• And the German city with a pigeon problem

Plus more of the latest news from across the world of local government.

The VLGA and LGIU are hosting their next Global Executive Live Panel on Thursday 22 May from 5.30pm to 7pm.

Addressing a pressing issue for local government, this webinar will explore the experiences and lessons from local government across the globe when it comes to Civility in Public life.

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

The Local Government News Roundup is brought to you by the Victorian Local Governance Association, the national broadcaster on all things local government; with support from Symphony3 - simple, connected customer experiences.

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Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup:

• A proposed increase to a CEO’s delegation under scrutiny
• A controversial high-rise development set to be approved for Box Hill
• A regional council’s major project under threat from trespassing and theft
• A first-of-its-kind development levy proposed by a Melbourne council
• The staggering cost of cleaning up illegally dumped tyres across the country
• A council rate freeze draws concern from community and government
• A war of words breaks out over bus services in Brisbane
• Revelations of a council’s unlawful animal management practices
• A former state minister to become Queensland’s newest Council CEO
• and Uber drivers and buskers on notice from UK councils

The VLGA and LGIU are hosting their next Global Executive Live Panel on Thursday 22 May from 5.30pm to 7pm.

Addressing a pressing issue for local government, this webinar will explore the experiences and lessons from local government across the globe when it comes to Civility in Public life.

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

The Local Government News Roundup is brought to you by the Victorian Local Governance Association, the national broadcaster on all things local government; with support from Symphony3 - simple, connected customer experiences.

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Today on the Local Government News Roundup for Friday, 21 June 2024:

• A councillor misconduct ruling leads to a three week suspension
• Victorian conduct reforms become law
• Dismay on the border over a hospital project delay
• Liverpool’s sacked CEO launches Supreme Court action
• Protestors ejected as tensions escalate on the Gold Coast
• A territory council dismissed
• A CEO becomes a GM
• A conduct matter dismissed in Queensland
• And another large NZ council votes to leave the sector’s peak body

Plus more news from across the world of local government in Australia and beyond.

The VLGA and LGIU are hosting their next Global Executive Live Panel on Thursday 22 May from 5.30pm to 7pm.

Addressing a pressing issue for local government, this webinar will explore the experiences and lessons from local government across the globe when it comes to Civility in Public life.

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

The Local Government News Roundup is brought to you by the Victorian Local Governance Association, the national broadcaster on all things local government; with support from Symphony3 - simple, connected customer experiences.

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Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup:

• Victorian sector reaction to proposed new housing targets
• Resistance to a CFMEU infiltration at Greater Geelong
• New conduct reforms pass the upper house with amendments
• Hornsby Shire considers legal action against the NSW government
• Renewed calls for Townsville’s mayor to step down about another social media outburst
• A Council GM appointed and a CEO resigns to head interstate
• Plus the first-ever directly elected mayor of Limerick, protests over budget cuts in Birmingham, and Canada’s longest election ballot paper ever

Plus more of the latest news from around the world of local government.

The VLGA and LGIU are hosting their next Global Executive Live Panel on Thursday 22 May from 5.30pm to 7pm.

Addressing a pressing issue for local government, this webinar will explore the experiences and lessons from local government across the globe when it comes to Civility in Public life.

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

The Local Government News Roundup is brought to you by the Victorian Local Governance Association, the national broadcaster on all things local government; with support from Symphony3 - simple, connected customer experiences.

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On the Local Government News Roundup for Monday 17th June 2024:

• New housing targets revealed for Victorian councils
• A radical proposal to transfer parts of the City of Melbourne to neighbouring municipalities
• A privacy breach at a Melbourne council
• The 2024 community satisfaction survey results released
• The Sydney council counting dog poops
• A council says NO to a nuclear power plant
• A Perth council rejects a boundary change proposal
• And the UK council accused of gender pay discrimination

The VLGA and LGIU are hosting their next Global Executive Live Panel on Thursday 22 May from 5.30pm to 7pm.

Addressing a pressing issue for local government, this webinar will explore the experiences and lessons from local government across the globe when it comes to Civility in Public life.

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

The Local Government News Roundup is brought to you by the Victorian Local Governance Association, the national broadcaster on all things local government; with support from Symphony3 - simple, connected customer experiences.

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Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup:

• Merri-bek Council agrees to explore higher rates for landlords to fund a reduction for other ratepayers
• Powercor refuses a Ballarat Council request to meet over a controversial substation project
• Two Capital city mayors champion major reforms to short stay accommodation rules
• A Queensland deputy mayor refers herself to the state’s integrity agency
• A major regional council investigates a potential data breach after personal information was exposed online
• and a council employee’s 17 year embezzlement scheme

and more news from around the world of local government in Australia and beyond.

The VLGA and LGIU are hosting their next Global Executive Live Panel on Thursday 22 May from 5.30pm to 7pm.

Addressing a pressing issue for local government, this webinar will explore the experiences and lessons from local government across the globe when it comes to Civility in Public life.

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 Boundless Insights - with Aviva Klompas
In depth analysis of what’s happening in Israel—and why it matters everywhere.

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The Local Government News Roundup is brought to you by the Victorian Local Governance Association, the national broadcaster on all things local government; with support from Symphony3 - simple, connected customer experiences.

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Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup:

• Local government leaders among those recognised with King’s Birthday Honours
• Industrial action to be stepped in Ballarat as a pay dispute drags on
• Hornsby Shire’s Mayor and councillors furious over a state government demand to pay back $36M
• The new Isaac Regional Council CEO announced
• A former Council executive sentenced to prison for fraud and misconduct in public office
• Tourist attractions in limbo in South Australia as a Council reviews their operation

and more of the council related stories in the news this week just ahead on the Local Government News Roundup.

The VLGA and LGIU are hosting their next Global Executive Live Panel on Thursday 22 May from 5.30pm to 7pm.

Addressing a pressing issue for local government, this webinar will explore the experiences and lessons from local government across the globe when it comes to Civility in Public life.

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

The Local Government News Roundup is brought to you by the Victorian Local Governance Association, the national broadcaster on all things local government; with support from Symphony3 - simple, connected customer experiences.

Links for stories referenced in the podcast can be found in the transcript, or by visiting the Roundup website.

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Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup:

• A change of Chair announced for Moira Shire’s panel of administrators
• The media spotlight falls on a record number of government interventions at Victorian councils
• A Sydney council ordered to hand back $36M to the state government
• More local government leaders announce retirement ahead of elections
• The City of Newcastle letter-writing scandal re-ignited
• New speaking rules at Brisbane City Council draw criticism
• A South Australian Council announces its new CEO
• And a warning that UK councils face a £6.2B funding gap in the next two years

Plus Wangaratta council CEO Brendan McGrath on the value of conducting an organisational health check

The VLGA and LGIU are hosting their next Global Executive Live Panel on Thursday 22 May from 5.30pm to 7pm.

Addressing a pressing issue for local government, this webinar will explore the experiences and lessons from local government across the globe when it comes to Civility in Public life.

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 Boundless Insights - with Aviva Klompas
In depth analysis of what’s happening in Israel—and why it matters everywhere.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

The Local Government News Roundup is brought to you by the Victorian Local Governance Association, the national broadcaster on all things local government; with support from Symphony3 - simple, connected customer experiences.

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On the Local Government News Roundup for Friday, 7th June 2024:

• Brimbank Councillors on notice from the Local Government Minister about conduct standards
• A Melbourne Council bringing back Christmas
• A reprieve for Port Phillip’s private kerbside EV charger trial
• Concerns of a ‘cancer cluster’ at a Sydney council building
• Townsville’s mayor a no-show at a meeting calling for his removal
• Another mayor reportedly been referred to an integrity agency
• A WA council loses its 4th CEO in four years
• And the council election in a town with 46 residents, and 30 candidates.

The VLGA and LGIU are hosting their next Global Executive Live Panel on Thursday 22 May from 5.30pm to 7pm.

Addressing a pressing issue for local government, this webinar will explore the experiences and lessons from local government across the globe when it comes to Civility in Public life.

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

The Local Government News Roundup is brought to you by the Victorian Local Governance Association, the national broadcaster on all things local government; with support from Symphony3 - simple, connected customer experiences.

Links for stories referenced in the podcast can be found in the transcript, or by visiting the Roundup website.

Support the Roundup and get access to special episodes and regular breaking news updates by becoming a subscriber for around $5 per month. ($3 USD) Click here to subscribe now.