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A local government legend passes, plus appointments, resignations and apologies
Local Government News Roundup - July 14, 2024 21:00 - 34 minutesSend us a Text Message. Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup: The sector mourns the passing of a local government legend More on the decision that paved the way for The Block to come to Daylesford Concerns about missing documents in the government investigation of Liverpool C...
Another monitor, league tables, and the rising tide of abuse
Local Government News Roundup - July 11, 2024 21:00 - 21 minutesSend us a Text Message. On the Local Government News Roundup for 12th July 2024: Colac Otway becomes the latest Victorian Council to have a monitor installed Yarra adopts an ambitious new climate emergency plan It’s official - The Block is coming to Daylesford New speed limits unveiled in S...
A Fair Work Commission showdown, a shambolic process, and a controversial artwork removed
Local Government News Roundup - July 09, 2024 21:00 - 22 minutesSend us a Text Message. Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup: A union’s attempted move into local government lands in the Fair Work Commission Councils consider flood modelling showing thousands of properties at risk Boroondara’s fight for more government compensation over NE...
Airport rail compromise, a mayoral declaration, and an AI trial
Local Government News Roundup - July 07, 2024 21:00 - 18 minutesSend us a Text Message. Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup for Monday, 8th July 2024: A compromise on an above-ground station may have put the Melbourne Airport Rail Link back on track Melbourne’s new Lord Mayor declares his candidacy for election Rural councils urge the fe...
Frustrated councils, integrity concerns and a deeply unacceptable situation
Local Government News Roundup - July 04, 2024 21:00 - 20 minutesSend us a Text Message. On the Local Government News Roundup for 5th July 2024: Council frustrations with Suburban Rail Loop planning Integrity concerns raised over grant funding at two Melbourne councils Greater Geelong’s mayor to visit South Korea Alarming figures from a police blitz on f...
Mayors sworn-in and resign, a CEO steps down, and an integrity referral
Local Government News Roundup - July 02, 2024 21:00 - 20 minutesSend us a Text Message. On the Local Government News Roundup for 3rd July 2024: A call on IBAC to investigate a community donation scheme Melbourne’s 105th Lord Mayor sworn in A CEO and a Mayor resign A former mayor to contest the next federal election Local government converges on Canberr...
Airport rail demands, a council imploding, and a warning on buses
Local Government News Roundup - June 30, 2024 21:00 - 29 minutesSend us a Text Message. On the Local Government News Roundup for 1st July, 2024: Councils call for action on airport rail Resistance to a plan to cover a massive infrastructure funding shortfall The launch of a study of the councillor experience Calls for a public enquiry into Liverpool cou...
Ex councillor sentenced, failed rescission motions, and a surprise CEO announcement
Local Government News Roundup - June 27, 2024 20:00 - 22 minutesSend us a Text Message. Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup: A former councillor pleads guilty to stealing votes and escapes jail time Councils unite against an attempted CFMEU infiltration A long-serving councillor resigns Attempts to overturn controversial decisions fail ...
A backdown, a "land grab", and a pigeon problem
Local Government News Roundup - June 25, 2024 22:00 - 21 minutesSend us a Text Message. Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup for 26th June 2024: A council turns to FOI for information on a major development proposal The city of Melbourne to sell its Citywide waste business A reversal on a controversial CEO delegation increase A failed pu...
From Minister to CEO, bus argy bargy, and other council controversies
Local Government News Roundup - June 23, 2024 21:00 - 20 minutesSend us a Text Message. Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup: A proposed increase to a CEO’s delegation under scrutiny A controversial high-rise development set to be approved for Box Hill A regional council’s major project under threat from trespassing and theft A first-of-...
Suspended, dismayed, dismissed and ejected
Local Government News Roundup - June 20, 2024 21:00 - 23 minutesSend us a Text Message. Today on the Local Government News Roundup for Friday, 21 June 2024: A councillor misconduct ruling leads to a three week suspension Victorian conduct reforms become law Dismay on the border over a hospital project delay Liverpool’s sacked CEO launches Supreme Court ...
Flawed approach, reforms amended, and legal action contemplated
Local Government News Roundup - June 18, 2024 21:00 - 22 minutesSend us a Text Message. Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup: Victorian sector reaction to proposed new housing targets Resistance to a CFMEU infiltration at Greater Geelong New conduct reforms pass the upper house with amendments Hornsby Shire considers legal action against...
Housing targets, suburb transfer, and counting dog poop
Local Government News Roundup - June 16, 2024 21:00 - 22 minutesSend us a Text Message. On the Local Government News Roundup for Monday 17th June 2024: New housing targets revealed for Victorian councils A radical proposal to transfer parts of the City of Melbourne to neighbouring municipalities A privacy breach at a Melbourne council The 2024 community...
Landlord double rates, photo scandal twist, and a 17 year embezzlement
Local Government News Roundup - June 13, 2024 21:00 - 24 minutesSend us a Text Message. Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup: Merri-bek Council agrees to explore higher rates for landlords to fund a reduction for other ratepayers Powercor refuses a Ballarat Council request to meet over a controversial substation project Two Capital city m...
Leaders honoured, a furious mayor, and a former exec goes to prison
Local Government News Roundup - June 11, 2024 22:00 - 21 minutesSend us a Text Message. Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup: Local government leaders among those recognised with King’s Birthday Honours Industrial action to be stepped in Ballarat as a pay dispute drags on Hornsby Shire’s Mayor and councillors furious over a state governme...
Interventions, repayments and retirements
Local Government News Roundup - June 10, 2024 01:00 - 33 minutesSend us a Text Message. Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup: A change of Chair announced for Moira Shire’s panel of administrators The media spotlight falls on a record number of government interventions at Victorian councils A Sydney council ordered to hand back $36M to the...
A ridiculous stunt, a cancer cluster, and mayors under scrutiny
Local Government News Roundup - June 06, 2024 21:00 - 21 minutesSend us a Text Message. On the Local Government News Roundup for Friday, 7th June 2024: Brimbank Councillors on notice from the Local Government Minister about conduct standards A Melbourne Council bringing back Christmas A reprieve for Port Phillip’s private kerbside EV charger trial Conce...
Serious misconduct suspension, and a no-confidence motion looms
Local Government News Roundup - June 04, 2024 21:00 - 23 minutesSend us a Text Message. In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup for Wednesday 5th June 2024: A Gippsland councillor suspended after a finding of serious misconduct Strathbogie Shire mourns the tragic loss of a committee member and former councillor A coffee van decision prompts ...
Mayor refuses to resign, councillor refuses to comply
Local Government News Roundup - June 02, 2024 22:00 - 20 minutesSend us a Text Message. Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup: Unruly councillors on notice at a Melbourne council Frustrating and disappointing council decisions under scrutiny More councils take a stand on inappropriate behaviour towards councillors and staff A former peak ...
Industrial action, CEO sacked, injunction failed
Local Government News Roundup - May 30, 2024 21:00 - 31 minutesSend us a Text Message. On the 31st May 2024 edition: Industrial action set to escalate in Ballarat Ward boundary changes confirmed for ten Victorian councils Liverpool Council votes to terminate the employment of its CEO Kiama Council facing a massive legal bill after a Supreme Court loss ...
Hostile takeover, cat curfew reversed, and mayors making news
Local Government News Roundup - May 28, 2024 21:00 - 21 minutesSend us a Text Message. 29th May 2024 headlines: Fears of a hostile union takeover of blue collar local government workers in Victoria Geelong’s new 24/7 cat curfew overturned A rural council’s stark financial situation revealed in its new draft budget A NSW council releases correspondence ...
Irrelevant and powerless, a second apology, and a festival cancelled
Local Government News Roundup - May 26, 2024 22:00 - 20 minutesSend us a Text Message. The latest from the Local Government News Roundup, including: The Victorian Government’s housing statement deemed irrelevant by VCAT A deputy mayor ordered to apologise for a second time by an arbiter The Victorian council reported to be reconsidering its MAV membersh...
Roundup Unfiltered - Towards Parity in Local Government
Local Government News Roundup - May 26, 2024 03:00 - 40 minutesSend us a Text Message. In this edition of Roundup Unfiltered, Chris Eddy is joined by two advocates for gender equality in the sector - both at the elected level and in senior roles at councils around the country. Ruth McGowan OAM literally wrote the book on getting elected to local, state an...
Greenline underway, coffee footpaths, and demerger cost revealed
Local Government News Roundup - May 23, 2024 21:00 - 19 minutesSend us a Text Message. Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup: Work commences on Melbourne’s transformational Greenline Project A Melbourne council calls on the government to step up its maintenance and graffiti removal works A youth hub facility to be demolished due to struct...
Funding call, CEO news, and AI in focus
Local Government News Roundup - May 21, 2024 21:00 - 29 minutesSend us a Text Message. Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup: The latest Melbourne council to call for more funding to maintain state-owned roads Strathbogie appoints an interim CEO Wodonga’s mayor gets a meeting with the Health Minister to discuss hospital concerns A city f...
Conflict of interest claim, authority suspended, and the return of the apostrophe
Local Government News Roundup - May 19, 2024 21:00 - 23 minutesSend us a Text Message. Today on the Local Government News Roundup: A mayor accuses Melbourne Airport of a conflict of interest A new CEO appointed at Glenelg Shire New candidates unveiled for council elections in Geelong Regional mayors welcome the suspension of the New England Weeds Auth...
Roundup Unfiltered - Ali Wastie, CEO Greater Geelong
Local Government News Roundup - May 18, 2024 06:00 - 41 minutesSend us a Text Message. Ali Wastie took on the role of CEO at the City of Greater Geelong in August of 2023 after a period of turmoil at the council that saw the appointment of municipal monitors; questions about the process to recruit a new CEO raised by MPs in Parliament; and concerns raised ...
Budget fails, book ban overturned, and a name change dispute
Local Government News Roundup - May 16, 2024 21:00 - 25 minutesSend us a Text Message. On the Roundup for 17th May 2024: The Federal Budget fails to provide promised fair increases in funding to local government Councils on the frontline of the housing crisis Rumours of a Disneyland theme park for Werribee are short-lived The fate of a complaint to the...
Councillor questioned, book ban reconsidered, and more CEOs resign
Local Government News Roundup - May 14, 2024 22:00 - 25 minutesSend us a Text Message. Today on the Local Government News Roundup: A Gippsland councillor questioned by Police Melbourne City achieves its first surplus in five years Bayside Council concerned over Suburban Rail Loop planning changes Cumberland’s controversial book ban to be reconsidered ...
Major project scrapped, a mayor breaks ranks, and a mass councillor resignation
Local Government News Roundup - May 12, 2024 21:00 - 21 minutesSend us a Text Message. Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup: The City of Melbourne scraps a $1.5B project, and rejects a major redevelopment near Marvel Stadium Hume City Council to foot a half million dollar pool repair bill after an insurance claim is rejected A plan to re...
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