Local Government News Roundup
Australia’s no.1 podcast for local government news and views, hosted by veteran media presenter and senior executive Chris Eddy. Brought to you by the Victorian Local Governance Association.
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A bonus pre-Christmas update from the Local Government News Roundup, including:
- Monitors appointed to Mornington Peninsula Shire Council
- A “perplexing” extension of monitors at Kingston
- Victoria’s new rate cap comes with new waste charge guidelines
- A mayor returns from leave of absence
- Queensland mayors and councillors to receive pay rises
- A South Australian council announces its new CEO
- Canterbury Bankstown shuts down i...
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- Victoria's rate cap set for next year
- Darebin Council defers a controversial flag debate
- A mayor urgently calls for state government support as coastal areas deal with increasing rates of homelessness
- Snowy Valleys Council seeks executives to lead its demerger
- Border Mayors step up advocacy for a new single-site hospital
- CEO appointments in three states
- A UK gove...
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- The final monitors report for Darebin Council has been released
- A new acting CEO announced for Baw Baw Council
- A mayor cleared by an arbiter of misconduct
- Waverley Council commits $100k to support for the Jewish community
- A special rate variation to proceed at Ballina
- A potential name change for Glenn Innes Severn Council deferred
- A Queensland CEO hits out at media re...
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- Councils unite against hatred and anti-semitism
- A second Victorian mayor steps aside, less than a month after being elected
- Sydney’s Lord Mayor hails a huge win for the city
- Scrutiny over a Council’s general manager performance review process
- A controversial oval renaming finally settled
- A CEO hires a private investigator to examine a staff complaint
- and more of the l...
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup Summer Series:
- Local government leaders respond to the horrific terror attack at Bondi Beach
- An Arbiter finds Whittlesea councillor Aidan McLindon engaged in misconduct
- Plus Council CEO appointments and extensions
- The passing of a long time local government leader
- Gold Coast mayor’s international travel bill comes under scrutiny
- and more of the latest news headlines f...
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- Victoria’s mayoral election season is over as the last Council makes a historic decision
- Albury Council’s CEO takes unplanned leave amid financial crisis
- Maitland Council votes to return historic gaol to NSW Government
- City of Perth dysfunction escalates
- Bass Coast launches petition to secure MotoGP beyond 2026
- The reason behind a country mayor’s resignation revealed
- ...
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- Waverley Council ramps up security for an Bronte Beach Christmas bash
- Perth scraps a controversial workplace culture investigation
- Moreton Bay defends bulldozing of homeless camps in a Supreme Court human rights challenge
- Hobsons Bay residents win permanent rights to stay after 2.5-year fight against eviction
- Latrobe City Council apologises after a cat is mistakenly...
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- A government back down on the controversial Emergency Services levy
- Alpine Shire’s mayor resigns after less than two weeks in the role
- A rural NSW council commences a special rate variation process
- Rowing clubs upset over a Sydney council’s swimming pool plan
- Townsville's new mayor wins his first political test
- A Gold Coast councillor's raffle ticket purcha...
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- A Merri-bek councillor to be suspended for misconduct
- A councillor accosted in public over a controversial pool decision
- The NSW Council set to fly the Palestinian flag
- Environmental vandalism under investigation by Noosa Council
- A Queensland council’s calls for help with a recent crime spike
- A South Australian mayor resigns, effective immediately
- and Perth’s Lord May...
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- A second Victorian council in breach of the rate cap
- Hume Council wins VCAT action against illegal earthworks
- New figures show the chronic underfunding that is holding back housing development
- A proposal to fund Pride Month activities under fire
- A council backs away from a special rate variation plan
- The Queensland government to send an adviser into Redland Council
- Th...
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- Councils get behind a global campaign to end gender-based violence
- A disappointing decision to close a community pool
- A referendum returns an overwhelming vote for deamalgamation of Snowy Valleys Council
- Newcastle’s Deputy Lord Mayor cops criticism from a local MP
- A council offers a $10,000 reward following a tree vandalism incident
- A mayor’s decision to go to the Wi...
Today on the Local Government News Roundup:
- Winners announced in the inaugural Mary Rogers Awards for women in local government
- Hepburn Shire calls for urgent action after an attack on its CEO
- The latest mayoral election results
- A new LGNSW President elected
- Sydney Council's controversial $20 million planter box contract
- Townsville’s former mayor found to have lied about his military service
- A councillor resigns in ...
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- A Victorian-first housing initiative launched in Frankston
- Ballarat refutes claims about a waste processing tender
- The latest mayoral election results from around Victoria
- Liverpool’s Mayor on the stand at a public inquiry
- More NSW Councils considering special rate variations
- A Muswellbrook Shire Council community devastated by the loss of century-old hall;
- Deficient ...
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- A Council CEO allegedly assaulted in a dispute over planning applications
- A legal review prompts a tender process overhaul for a regional council
- Victorian mayoral elections heading into the home stretch
- The Sydney Lord Mayor’s housing feud with the Premier escalates
- A contentious vote on flags in the chamber at Federation Council
- A proposal to merge two Tasmanian co...
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- Peak bodies sound the alarm over Victoria’s planning overhaul
- New landslide erosion measures in Mornington Peninsula
- The Victorian Ombudsman finds government and council failures caused a retirement village flood disaster
- The result of the Townsville mayoral election is official
- A population boom in the City of Ipswich confirmed by new data
- A Hobart councillor takes ...
Coming up on the Local Government News Roundup for Wednesday, 19th November:
- Baw Baw Shire’s new CEO takes leave after breast cancer diagnosis
- The Borough of Queenscliffe appoints an acting CEO for three months
- A Greater Bendigo councillor resigns citing work commitments
- More Victorian councils announce new mayors and deputy mayors
- Merri-bek scales back controversial cat curfew proposal
- NSW Premier meets with western NS...
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- A rural mayor on leave after being caught drink driving in a council car
- Frankston appoints its first female CEO
- Injecting room reversal at Yarra
- More mayor and deputy mayor elections decided around Victoria
- A councillor working remotely from the other side of the country sparks criticism
- A sudden GM resignation shocks a NSW council
- Clarence Valley facing an alleged g...
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- Two Victorian Council CEOs are stepping down
- More Victorian mayoral elections results
- A Wyndham councillor embroiled in a diplomatic incident
- A call for major public transport upgrades
- A new Federal inquiry into local government funding
- Pressure to overturn Cumberland Council’s drag storytime ban
- Parramatta won’t appeal a Supreme Court decision overturning a councillo...
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- Mildura launches bold campaign for Melbourne's controversial Yellow Peril sculpture
- A council’s budget deficit slashed by $290M in under a year
- Kingston Council asked to consider role statements for its mayor and deputy
- A Council plan to slash rates for some, while hiking charges for others
- A pigeon baiting furore in a NSW town
- Wagga to save a century old bridge...
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- A Whittlesea street faces name change after royal title stripped
- Surf Coast’s vacant Torquay ward seat filled after second countback
- Victorian councils elect new mayors
- A ambitious plan to transform car parks into 18-storey apartment towers
- Shoalhaven Councillor appears in court and resigns immediately
- Clarence Valley’s Mayor condemns an MP for "misuse of parlia...
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