'Totalitarian planning', and a relentlessly prosecuted vendetta

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On the Roundup today,
A new councillor for Maroondah and a resignation at Frankston;
The final mayoral election for the year has been conducted;
New anti-corruption measures to be trialled at a Melbourne council;
A bombshell announcement in South Australia with two councillors declared invalidly elected;
A NSW council’s shock decision to sack its general manager;
A Queensland mayor physically accosted after an official function;
and a NZ council calls in the police after receiving a threatening email.

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