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Season 5
Episode 519
Published 4 months ago
Description
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- Peak bodies sound the alarm over Victoria’s planning overhaul
- New landslide erosion measures in Mornington Peninsula
- The Victorian Ombudsman finds government and council failures caused a retirement village flood disaster
- The result of the Townsville mayoral election is official
- A population boom in the City of Ipswich confirmed by new data
- A Hobart councillor takes Federal Court action
- A South Australian mayor’s term ended early by fellow councillors
- And a warning that new legislation could bankrupt some WA councils
Plus much more news from across the world of local government.
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