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Back to EpisodesIndustrial standoff, budget blackhole, and a paid beach parking plan - #559
Season 6
Episode 559
Published 3 weeks ago
Description
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- Predictions of a messy industrial standoff across eight Melbourne councils
- A super merger of councils not favoured in Melbourne’s southeast
- A regional council’s major budget blackhole
- A long serving Council CEO announces he’s stepping down
- A controversial plan to charge visitors for parking at Sydney beaches
- Pressure to overhaul a CEO performance review process in Queensland
- Councillor resignations in NSW and Western Australia
- A Canadian mayor apologises for false claims about a colleague
plus more local government news from across Australia and beyond
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