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On your midweek update from the Roundup for 30th August 2023: The Local Government News Roundup is brought to you by the Victorian Local Governance Association, the national broadcaster on all things local government; and by Snap Send Solve, helping keep shared spaces safe, clean and great to be in. Listen to this episode here, and find […]
Continue ReadingOn the Roundup today: More councils call for an end to aggressive behaviour toward council staff; Councils defend their record on housing development approvals; An inquiry hears about confusion and bureaucratic red tape in the wake of last year’s major floods; A Gold Coast councillor remains in office for the moment despite being charged with […]
Continue ReadingOn the midweek update for 23rd August 2023, A court rules that an arbiter provided inadequate reasons for a finding of councillor misconduct; Rural Councils welcome new disaster recovery funding arrangements; A regional mayor appeals for direct government communication, rather than by media; A council’s general manager terminated one day, reinstated the next; More Sydney […]
Continue ReadingKu-ring-gai Council in Sydney has been making news after terminating the services of its general manager, John McKee in a confidential council session, with immediate effect. But the morning after the decision, Mr McKee was still on the job due to the lodgement of a rescission motion by three councillors, including the mayor. An original […]
Continue ReadingOn the weekend update for 19th August 2023, Case dismissed – a win for Yarra Ranges and the sector in the Supreme Court; Councils looking to name and shame over illegal tree removals; Serious misconduct allegations dismissed at Benalla council; A call for respect for parking officers facing escalating public abuse; A deputy mayor removed […]
Continue ReadingOn your midweek Roundup for 16th August 2023, More detail emerges of government plans for planning reforms; Knox to scale back kindergarten provision, while another council considers its position; A council’s massive legal bills revealed in a fight to stop a proposed quarry project; The council meeting suspended after the mayor collapses; A local health […]
Continue ReadingThe Mayor of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council has put forward a motion for next week’s council meeting that would effectively remove Cr Rachel Sheppard from the deputy mayor position. Mayor Peta Pinson will move to expire the deputy mayor’s term on the 17th August, and keep the position vacant for the remainder of the council term. […]
Continue ReadingComing up on the weekend update from the Roundup, available to listen now: An ‘absurd’ bidding war between a council and the state government; A court win for Merri-bek council and its community; School crossing supervisors back on the job in Strathbogie; New councillors set to take office at five councils; A councillor censured by […]
Continue ReadingLismore councillor Big Rob has been censured by fellow councillors after an investigation into comments he made on Facebook last year. An investigation found that he had breached the council’s code of conduct, and brought the council into disrepute, for inferring that he would sue a pensioner for her house. His comments were described by […]
Continue ReadingAn independent investigation into Bayside Council’s involvement in the defective Mascot Towers issue has cleared the council of any wrongdoing, according to a report from the Daily Telegraph. Former local government minister Wendy Tuckerman triggered the investigation last year when it appeared relevant council documents relating to the assessment and approval of the building development […]
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