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Back to EpisodesMayoral deadlock, rates shock and a Tasmanian shake-up - #560
Season 6
Episode 590
Published 2 days, 7 hours ago
Description
Coming up on the podcast today:
- A dramatic adjournment after a split mayoral vote on the Mornington Peninsula
- Ararat’s CEO announces his departure after eight years
- NSW councils get the green light for massive rate hikes of up to 58 per cent
- Snowy Monaro Councillor Andrew Thaler faces a tense hearing over bullying allegations
- Sydney councils crack down on illegal tree poisonings
- Mayoral races heat up in Tasmania’s north-west
- New Zealand moves to strip unelected iwi representatives of committee voting power,
- LA’s incumbent mayor faces a fierce three-way battle as voters head to the polls
Plus much more news from the world of local government in Australia and beyond.
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