Tag: Tasmania

Launceston City Council will this week finalise a submission to the State Government with feedback after last year’s local government elections. A key proposal for discussion is limiting the tenure of mayors to two terms as a means of more effective succession planning. The draft submission also calls for more work to raise community awareness […]

Tasmania’s Local Government Code of Conduct panel has found a Glenorchy City Council alderman in breach of parts of the code, and imposed a three month suspension from office. The complaint against Alderman Kelly Sims was made by Mr Beau Thomson in relation to a number of Facebook posts and an email exchange.  In investigating […]

Hobart 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 […]

Launceston’s popular Boag’s visitor centre and brewery tours will shut down at the end of the month, in what has been described as a “significant blow” to the city’s visitor economy. Mayor Danny Gibson has expressed disappointment at the announcement by brewery owner Lion, which is due to ongoing challenges arising from the pandemic. Mayor […]

A Tasmanian Council is set to discuss options to rein in difficult customers, after one man’s domination of the council’s question time process, and an incident at its December meeting that led to two people being assaulted. The Advocate reports today on how James Redgrave has asked around 140 questions of Latrobe Council over a […]