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Back to Episodes“Complete travesty”, “unfair and cruel” - new tax draws swift response
Season 5
Episode 453
Published 8 months ago
Description
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- Victorian councils respond to a contentious new state government tax
- A community push to save a regional saleyards from closure
- Winners and losers from IPART’s rulings on special rate variations
- A ban on live events in Sydney parks draws criticism
- Townsville’s suspended mayor launches a petition to have the council sacked
- and a WA council on notice as the minister threatens intervention
Plus much more of the latest local government news from Australia and beyond.
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