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December 23, 2025 9 mins

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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 illegal prayer hall
  • UK Government warns councils against four-day working weeks

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