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Northern Beaches Council has said it will decline an offer to take planning authority responsibility for a development proposal at Lizard Rock in Belrose over concerns about the destruction of natural bushland. Mayor Michael Regan said the proposal from the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council does not demonstrate strategic or site-specific merit. The Council has […]
Continue ReadingThe City of Greater Geraldton council will next week vote on a recommendation to reduce the number of its councillors by a third after completing a representation review. The move follows advice from the local government minister of legislative reforms that will see the introduction of option preferential voting, and determination of councillor numbers based […]
Continue ReadingThe Mayor of Glenelg Shire has been ordered to apologise for comments made on social media, after an arbiter found it constituted misconduct. A complaint lodged by Cr Gilbert Wilson last year, when Cr Scott Martin was deputy mayor, claimed he had been treated without “dignity, fairness or objectivity”. Arbiter Louise Hill said a statement […]
Continue ReadingThomas O’Reilly has been elected to Brimbank City Council in a countback procedure held on Monday morning. The extraordinary vacancy was created by the resignation of Trung Luu who was elected to the Victorian Parliament late last year.
Continue ReadingCardinia Shire Mayor Tammy Radford has expressed disappointment in a federal government decision to withdraw more than $100M in local roads funding. The Council has received official confirmation that $109M in committed funding for the Sealing the Hills roads program has been discontinued and withdrawn. Mayor Radford says design, environmental investigations and community consultation had […]
Continue ReadingHobart City Council has this week voted to no longer citizenship ceremonies on 26th January, starting from next year. The Hobart Mercury reports ($) that the decision was contested, with six members voting for, four opposed and one abstention. While the decision was welcomed by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, one of the opposing aldermen described […]
Continue ReadingMelissa Cadwell has won a computer countback conducted this morning to fill a vacancy on Greater Geelong City Council. The vacancy arose due to the resignation of Sarah Mansfield, who was elected to the Victorian Parliament late last year.
Continue ReadingJustine Farrugia has won a computer countback conducted this morning to fill a vacancy on Melton City Council. The vacancy arose due to the resignation of Moira Deeming, who was elected to the Victorian Parliament late last year.
Continue ReadingThe Victorian Local Governance Association says recent calls in the media to cancel local councils is not a thing to wish for. The VLGA says the survey referenced in a recent Herald Sun article was based on a mere .00027% of the eligible Victorian voting population, and cannot be considered evidence to support the newspaper’s […]
Continue ReadingA South Australian council is again calling on the state government to shift the timing of local government elections. The City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters is looking for sector support for a push to move the elections so they are not held in the same year as a state government election. Mayor Robert […]
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