VLGA Connect Special Edition, Episode 260:
Insights from Professor Carolyn Hendricks, former MP and communications consultant Bill Forwood, and Associate Professor Andrea Carson, who participated in the FastTrack 2022 panel discussing what trust in leadership looks like.

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VLGA Connect Episode 259:
VLGA CEO Kathryn Arndt joins Chris Eddy for a conversation with Victoria's Shadow Minister for Local Government, Richard Riordan. Topics include the local government rating system, the cultural review of the sector, the perception of councils at other levels of government, and the value or otherwise of council alliances.

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VLGA Connect Governance Update, Episode 258:

On the program this week:

• Why is the Local Government Minister so impressed with Gippsland councils?
• Victoria Police back to basics initiative to include more engagement with councils 
• Is the distribution of political freebies a local laws issue for councils?
• The report from the independent review of workplace equality at Ambulance Victoria is out
• The Mayor who reportedly has a ratepayer funded spiritual adviser
• The due date for Gender Equality plans has come and gone
• The benefits vs risks of regional council alliances
• Executive and councillor movements
• Vale Deb Ganderton

Links:
https://www.police.vic.gov.au/new-victoria-police-initiative-connect-community
https://rationalist.com.au/gold-coast-mayors-new-spiritual-adviser-supports-fundamentalist-ideology/
Federal Budget boost for Victorian infrastructure | Prime Minister of Australia
Freight terminal spending 'short-changes' Victoria, state government says
Council on the search for its next CEO
Council's GM not seeking re-appointment
https://www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/About-Us/News-Media-Publications/News-Media/Peri-Regional-status-one-of-six-Council-advocacy-priorities

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VLGA FastTrack 2022 Special Edition:
Professor Anna Armstrong and LGV Executive Director Julie Reid reflect on the process to review the culture of the local government sector in Victoria.

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VLGA Connect, Episode 256:
On a special episode recorded at FastTrack 2022, some Victorian Mayors share their insights into what they've learned during time as councillors that would have been useful to know when they were starting out.

With thanks to:
Cr Kim O'Keeffe, Mayor, Greater Shepparton City Council
Cr Jasmine Nguyen, Mayor, Brimbank City Council
Cr Chrissy Weller, Mayor, Campaspe Shire Council
Cr Jennifer Anderson, Mayor, Macedon Ranges Shire Council
Cr Libby Stapleton, Mayor, Surf Coast Shire Council
Cr Tim Drylie, Mayor, Hepburn Shire Council
Cr Frances Eyre, Mayor, Nillumbik Shire Council
Cr Steve Staikos, Mayor, Kingston City Council

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VLGA Connect, Episode 255: On the Governance Update this week, Chris Eddy and Stephen Cooper are joined by Andrew Gunter from Hunt & Hunt Lawyers to discuss the Supreme Court judgment in the political signage case of Badger vs Bayside City Council. The outcome is relevant for all councils in Victoria.

Plus news on councillor movements, with a Deputy Mayor and a Mayor resigning their positions this week, and a countback and a by-election result confirmed. 

And a look at some interesting council related developments from interstate. 

Links:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/23/independent-zoe-daniel-wins-court-battle-over-election-campaign-signs
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-22/mildura-deputy-mayor-resigns-citing-bullies-/100930262
https://www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/cr-ziegeler-steps-down-mayor
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/liberal-led-council-threatens-not-to-collect-bins-with-anti-morrison-stickers-20220322-p5a6tr.html
https://www.dubbo.nsw.gov.au/news-and-media/news-and-resources/media-releases/2022/dubbo-regional-council-to-consider-new-senior-staff-structure

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VLGA Connect, Episode 254: This week on the Governance Update, analysing the new Victorian councillor allowance regime; a further countback needed to fill Moreland vacancy; lessons from a tragic boarding house fire; a Tasmanian councillor in court and a damning cultural review into another Tasmanian council; Central Coast Council sacked and new elections required for three NSW Councils.

Links:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-15/tas-flashing-councillor-genitals-boat-harbour-g-string/100910982

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-15/airbnb-tax-proposed-to-address-rental-housing-shortage/100910080

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-18/clarence-city-council-review-into-toxic-workplace-culture/100917930

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-17/central-coast-council-public-inquiry-report/100916724

https://insidelocalgovernment.com.au/results-thrown-out-in-three-nsw-council-elections/

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VLGA Connect, Ep 253:
VLGA CEO Kathryn Arndt joins Chris Eddy to discuss last week's International Women's Day event, and to talk through the key points of the VLGA's submission to the review of culture in the Victorian local government sector.

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VLGA Connect, Episode 252: Today on the program, Chris Eddy is joined by Aleem Ali, the CEO of Welcoming Australia, and Sebastian Geers, Manager of Welcoming Cities Project to talk about their organisation supports local governments to advance communities where everyone can belong, and to participate in social, cultural, economic and civic life.
Find out more at welcomingcities.org.au

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VLGA Connect, Episode 251:
On the Governance Update, sponsored by Hunt & Hunt Lawyers, the latest on Bayside political signage dispute in the Supreme Court; Yarra removes controversial elements from its proposed Code of Conduct and announces its new CEO; councillor allowances announced with a new category for Deputy Mayors; countback results, developing future women councillors and more.

More on councillor allowances here

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