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Back to EpisodesUnfair dismissal, private security furore, and historic council budgets
Season 5
Episode 469
Published 9 months ago
Description
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- A council worker wins an unfair dismissal case
- A hard-fought win for Techno Park residents in Hobsons Bay
- A controversial funding decision in Wyndham
- The fields are set for two by-elections
- A regional council’s zero per cent rate increase
- Historic $1B plus budgets for two Queensland councils
- A Tasmanian mayor describes the personal toll after a five year campaign against his council
- A WA Council to put its CEO position to market
- And major structural changes flagged for councils in the UK
All of that and more just ahead on Australia’s number one local government podcast.
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