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Date: 26 June 2026 Hawkesbury City Council has announced it will lift the media ban imposed on Hawkesbury Radio, effective 1 July 2026. In a statement published on 25 June, Council said Hawkesbury Radio had engaged in productive discussions and had taken steps to address the conduct of individual staff members that led to the […]
Continue ReadingDate: 26 June 2026 New South Wales councils will be subject to mandatory livestreaming requirements and tighter conduct rules at meetings, following the commencement of the Local Government (General) Amendment (Meetings) Regulation 2026. The regulation was issued following the disallowance of the 2025 Model Code of Meeting Practice by the NSW Legislative Council on 26 […]
Continue ReadingToday on the Local Government News Roundup: and more local government news from across Australia and beyond. Listen now: Victoria The Victorian Government’s announcement that it is bypassing the City of Greater Geelong on four housing precincts has drawn a pointed rebuttal from the council. The state this week accused Greater Geelong of failing to […]
Continue ReadingDate: 25 June 2026 Tablelands Regional Council Mayor Rod Marti has tendered his resignation on health grounds, effective close of business Monday 29 June 2026. Mayor Marti was admitted to Atherton Hospital’s emergency department on 20 May 2026 after experiencing a severe headache, and was subsequently transported to Townsville University Hospital for urgent treatment. Following […]
Continue ReadingDate: 25 June 2026 Updated: This story has been updated to include a response from the City of Greater Geelong. The City of Greater Geelong has rejected the Victorian Government’s characterisation of its housing planning performance, after the state announced it would bypass the council to fast-track four Precinct Structure Plans in Geelong’s north and […]
Continue ReadingDate: 25 June 2026 Two regional Victorian councils have adopted their 2026–27 budgets this week, both landing on a 2.75 per cent rate rise after divided chamber votes that laid bare the tensions councils are navigating between financial sustainability and ratepayer affordability. At the City of Ballarat, the budget passed only on the casting vote […]
Continue ReadingDate: 25 June 2026 South Australia’s local government elections will be held in April 2027 rather than November this year, after urgent legislation passed both houses of state parliament today. The upper house passed the bill with ten members in favour and seven against. Labor and the Greens supported the delay; the Liberal Party and […]
Continue ReadingDate: 25 June 2026 Murrindindi Shire Council is calling on the Victorian Government to extend free bushfire waste disposal at council sites until 30 June 2027, warning that ending the current arrangement on 30 June 2026 would shift recovery costs directly onto fire-affected residents still working through the aftermath of January’s bushfires. Council expects to […]
Continue ReadingToday on the Local Government News Roundup: And much more local government news from around Australia. Listen to this episode now. Victoria Wyndham City councillor Josh Gilligan has been suspended for the second time in four months after an independent arbiter found he misrepresented the council’s position on the proposed redevelopment of RAAF Base Point […]
Continue ReadingDate: 24 June 2026 Two councillors in Melbourne’s west have been suspended from their duties this week following separate internal arbitration processes — with both findings citing breaches of the Model Councillor Code of Conduct. Melton: Cr Ashleigh Vandenberg — two months Melton Councillor Ashleigh Vandenberg has been suspended for two months and ordered to […]
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