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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• Mornington Peninsula’s new CEO
• Port Phillip urged to reconsider a controversial sleeping rough proposal
• Buloke Council allows a festival to go ahead
• Ballarat’s vandalism troubles continue
• The results of Victoria’s first ever councillor census revealed
• A Bendigo director named CEO of Murray River Council
• A NSW Council CEO on leave as an investigation commences
• Southeast Queensland councils working overtime as Tropical Cyclone Alfred approaches, and
• Alarm bells for the sustainability of six South Australian councils

All of that and more just ahead on Australia’s number one local government podcast.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• A dismissive response to a group of councils’ concerns
• A council’s zero tolerance stand on harassment
• Negative social media prompts a policy review
• A mayor backs his GM and staff
• An extremely embarrassed veteran councillor charged with drink driving
• A so-called gag policy withdrawn
• Local government targeted in a DOGE style spending review in Florida
• and Fergal Coleman from Symphony3 drops by to talk about his recent whirlwind tour of local governments in New Zealand.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• Environmental destruction outrage in Kingston
• More changes at the CEO level of Victorian councils
• A council meeting recording taken offline amid defamation concerns
• Applause for a council’s stand on a controversial energy project
• A councillor move to ban Welcome to Country acknowledgements falls flat
• Wagga Council fears lives at risk from inland rail
• Strike action in Brisbane
• Councillor resignations, including five from one WA Council
• And the Canadian council back from the brink after a mass resignation

Plus more local government news from across Australia and beyond.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• New housing targets and concerns about a strong arm approach
• Opposition to a new emergency services levy grows
• A shock CEO resignation and more senior execs on the move
• Councils review their approach to unpaid rates
• Industrial action considered at Wingecarribee
• Rising tensions over a council’s approach to homeless people
• More local government election reforms planned for Tasmania
• Allegations of technology misuse targeting a US city manager

and more local government news from across Australia and beyond.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• Whittlesea’s embattled mayor digs in and hits back
• A call for an investigation into a ratepayer group
• A controversial theatre plan dropped
• Tough new action on abandoned trolleys
• A motion of no confidence blocked
• A city seeks a $2B lifeline
• Conduct concerns at a South Australian council
• Exceptional financial support for UK councils
• Plus, a conversation about the mental well-being of councillors and how it is impacting communities and democracies.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• A council meeting adjourned as tensions boil over
• Melbourne’s new tougher stance on graffiti
• A call for state government help on tree vandalism in NSW
• and the cost of vandalism escalates for a Tasmanian council
• Protests directed at Queensland councils
• A new CEO announced for Redland
• A South Australian Council hands back two iconic landmarks to the state
• and fierce opposition to an election promise in Western Australia

Plus more local government news from around Australia and beyond.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• Mayors under pressure to resign from within
• Brimbank calls for rail before runway in a new campaign
• More than half a million failure to vote notices on their way to Victorians
• An interim federal report into local government sustainability released
• Council spending under the microscope in NSW
• Mackay CEO Resigns Amid Controversy
• A former CEO launches legal action against a council

Plus much more local government news from across Australia and beyond.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• A metro mayor under pressure to resign
• A hospital protest is headed for the steps of Parliament
• A monitor’s verdict on a rural Council
• Kiama’s industrial dispute resolved
• A CEO takes leave as a mayor issues a warning to councillors
• Escalating safety concerns at a Queensland council
• plus General Manager resignation and appointment news

and much more local government news from around the country and beyond.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• A step towards open briefings at Greater Dandenong
• A Council CEO condemns malicious attacks on staff and councillors
• Victorian first e-bike and e-scooter parking installed in Yarra
• Mayors found guilty of misconduct and privacy breaches
• A contentious Welcome to Country motion voted down
• A win in court for a Queensland council
• and bin worker strikes escalate in a major UK city

and much more local government news from across Australia and beyond.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• Chaotic scenes as another council considers a major rate increase
• And a former PM’s extraordinary call to boycott council rates
• A council’s move to ensure political neutrality
• Competing petitions on a name change proposal in Dandenong
• A hiring freeze for one of the country’s largest councils
• Dysfunction brings a North Queensland council to a minister’s attention
• Adelaide Council under fire over green space and parking plans
• and UK councillors step aside as a messaging scandal widens

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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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