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In this special edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• A councillor resignation at Whittlesea to trigger a by-election
• Strathbogie Council launches a petition to improve power reliability, after days of outages during bushfire emergencies
• Debate over the future of the Bondi Park bridge at the centre of a recent terror attack
• and a monitor appointed after relations breakdown at the City of Perth
• Plus former Glen Eira mayor Jim Magee OAM drops by for a chat on all things local government, including a controversial new survey that found some people want to do away with councils altogether.

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