🔒 A perfect storm welfare crisis, and cost shift challenged

Local Government News Roundup

English - July 08, 2023 02:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MB
Politics News Government local government councils mayors councillors ceos general managers news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: Councils in court, and an experiment stopped in its tracks

Next Episode: An unusually emotional meeting, and an absolutely appalling process

Subscriber-only episode

Send us a Text Message.

On the weekend update for 8th July 2023,

A regional council to test the market for its CEO position;

Frankston Council responds to government intervention on a planning matter;

A perfect storm welfare crisis described in Ballarat;

A council calls for help on a government cost shift;

A long serving Queensland mayors announce retirement;

Crowds expected to witness the 3D printing of a council building;

A war of words between a council and an airline continues;

And democracy takes another hit in Hong Kong.

Support the Roundup and get access to special episodes and regular breaking news updates by becoming a subscriber for around $5 per month. ($3 USD) Click here to subscribe now.

The Local Government News Roundup is brought to you by the Victorian Local Governance Association, the national broadcaster on all things local government; with support from Davidson, the nationally recognised executive recruitment and business advisory service; and from Ventia, making infrastructure work sustainably for our communities.

Links for stories referenced in the podcast can be found in the transcript, or by visiting the Roundup website.