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Back to EpisodesSuspended mayor, failed merger plan, and market failure - ft. Robert Hicks #555
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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- The mayor of one of Victoria’s largest councils suspended for one month
- Wangaratta Council appoints its new CEO
- A proposal to merge two NSW councils fails to get off the ground,
- As a dire warning is issued about the future of the state’s smaller councils
- Tensions rise in Wollongong during a cat curfew debate
- Plans for Australia’s tallest building on the Gold Coast
- A Hobart councillor’s fuel card mistake
Also today - why are an increasing number of local governments funding GPs?
On Roundup Extra, Robert Hicks from Curtin Medical School reveals that WA councils are now spending millions to fill a ‘market failure’ in medical services - and its a growing crisis across the country.
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