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Local Government News Roundup

Australia’s no.1 podcast for local government news and views, hosted by veteran media presenter and senior executive Chris Eddy. Brought to you by the Victorian Local Governance Association.

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29:04

Beach security, bulldozing defence, and a distressing...

Local Government News Roundup ·

2025/12/09

Send us a text In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: Waverley Council ramps up security for an Bronte Beach Christmas bashPerth scraps a controversial workplace culture investigationMoreton Bay defends bulldozing of homeless camps in a Supreme Court human rights challengeHobsons Bay residents win permanent rights to stay after 2.5-year fight against evictionLatrobe City Council apologises after a cat is mistakenly euthanisedByron Shire urges NSW Government to purchase a former...

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26:50

Levy backdown, mayor resigns, and a raffle debate - #526

Local Government News Roundup ·

2025/12/07

Send us a text In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: A government back down on the controversial Emergency Services levyAlpine Shire’s mayor resigns after less than two weeks in the roleA rural NSW council commences a special rate variation processRowing clubs upset over a Sydney council’s swimming pool planTownsville's new mayor wins his first political testA Gold Coast councillor's raffle ticket purchase on a corporate card sparks policy debateHobart council to shift focus t...

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36:24

"Subverting democracy", councillors suspended and...

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2025/12/04

Send us a text In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: A Merri-bek councillor to be suspended for misconductA councillor accosted in public over a controversial pool decisionThe NSW Council set to fly the Palestinian flagEnvironmental vandalism under investigation by Noosa CouncilA Queensland council’s calls for help with a recent crime spikeA South Australian mayor resigns, effective immediatelyand Perth’s Lord Mayor abandons a controversial workplace culture reviewAll of that ...

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42:22

Rate cap breach, intervention and a tragic loss -...

Local Government News Roundup ·

2025/12/02

Send us a text In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: A second Victorian council in breach of the rate capHume Council wins VCAT action against illegal earthworksNew figures show the chronic underfunding that is holding back housing developmentA proposal to fund Pride Month activities under fireA council backs away from a special rate variation planThe Queensland government to send an adviser into Redland CouncilThe tragic death of a WA deputy shire president in a bushfireAll o...

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27:28

Overwhelming demerger vote, city turmoil, and...

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2025/11/30

Send us a text In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: Councils get behind a global campaign to end gender-based violenceA disappointing decision to close a community poolA referendum returns an overwhelming vote for deamalgamation of Snowy Valleys CouncilNewcastle’s Deputy Lord Mayor cops criticism from a local MPA council offers a $10,000 reward following a tree vandalism incidentA mayor’s decision to go to the Winter Olympics under fireA Tasmanian mayor survives an attempted ...

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25:45

Award winners, and a "grossly unfair"situation - #522

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2025/11/27

Send us a text Today on the Local Government News Roundup: Winners announced in the inaugural Mary Rogers Awards for women in local governmentHepburn Shire calls for urgent action after an attack on its CEOThe latest mayoral election resultsA new LGNSW President electedSydney Council's controversial $20 million planter box contractTownsville’s former mayor found to have lied about his military serviceA councillor resigns in the wake of a strip club scandalUK mayors getting powers to introduce...

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41:54

Housing first, claims refuted, and a community...

Local Government News Roundup ·

2025/11/25

Send us a text In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: A Victorian-first housing initiative launched in FrankstonBallarat refutes claims about a waste processing tenderThe latest mayoral election results from around VictoriaLiverpool’s Mayor on the stand at a public inquiryMore NSW Councils considering special rate variationsA Muswellbrook Shire Council community devastated by the loss of century-old hall;Deficient procurement processes under the microscope at Douglas Shirea pro...

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26:50

Alleged assault, housing feud, and mayor reprimanded...

Local Government News Roundup ·

2025/11/23

Send us a text In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: A Council CEO allegedly assaulted in a dispute over planning applicationsA legal review prompts a tender process overhaul for a regional councilVictorian mayoral elections heading into the home stretchThe Sydney Lord Mayor’s housing feud with the Premier escalatesA contentious vote on flags in the chamber at Federation CouncilA proposal to merge two Tasmanian councils on Hobart’s agenda this weekA mayor reprimanded over trea...

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31:48

Planning alarm, avoidable failures, mayor removed - #519

Local Government News Roundup ·

2025/11/20

Send us a text In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: Peak bodies sound the alarm over Victoria’s planning overhaulNew landslide erosion measures in Mornington PeninsulaThe Victorian Ombudsman finds government and council failures caused a retirement village flood disasterThe result of the Townsville mayoral election is officialA population boom in the City of Ipswich confirmed by new dataA Hobart councillor takes Federal Court actionA South Australian mayor’s term ended early ...

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44:05

CEO health battle, mayoral updates, and illegal...

Local Government News Roundup ·

2025/11/18

Send us a text Coming up on the Local Government News Roundup for Wednesday, 19th November: Baw Baw Shire’s new CEO takes leave after breast cancer diagnosisThe Borough of Queenscliffe appoints an acting CEO for three monthsA Greater Bendigo councillor resigns citing work commitmentsMore Victorian councils announce new mayors and deputy mayorsMerri-bek scales back controversial cat curfew proposalNSW Premier meets with western NSW councils on a youth crime responseKu-ring-gai's alternative ho...

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29:24

Drink driving scandal and a Christmas lights...

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2025/11/13

Send us a text In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: A rural mayor on leave after being caught drink driving in a council carFrankston appoints its first female CEOInjecting room reversal at YarraMore mayor and deputy mayor elections decided around VictoriaA councillor working remotely from the other side of the country sparks criticismA sudden GM resignation shocks a NSW councilClarence Valley facing an alleged governance crisisA Christmas lights controversy at a South Austra...

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43:40

Diplomatic incident, resignations, and the future...

Local Government News Roundup ·

2025/11/11

Send us a text In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: Two Victorian Council CEOs are stepping downMore Victorian mayoral elections resultsA Wyndham councillor embroiled in a diplomatic incidentA call for major public transport upgradesA new Federal inquiry into local government fundingPressure to overturn Cumberland Council’s drag storytime banParramatta won’t appeal a Supreme Court decision overturning a councillor censureGold Coast’s biggest ever development project moving fo...

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28:36

Peril pitch, budget slashed, and a pigeon furore - #515

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2025/11/09

Send us a text In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: Mildura launches bold campaign for Melbourne's controversial Yellow Peril sculptureA council’s budget deficit slashed by $290M in under a yearKingston Council asked to consider role statements for its mayor and deputyA Council plan to slash rates for some, while hiking charges for othersA pigeon baiting furore in a NSW townWagga to save a century old bridge from Inland RailTownsville’s waste collection woes, as its mayoral b...

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29:29

Name change, shock resignation, and dumping threat -...

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2025/11/06

Send us a text In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: A Whittlesea street faces name change after royal title strippedSurf Coast’s vacant Torquay ward seat filled after second countbackVictorian councils elect new mayorsA ambitious plan to transform car parks into 18-storey apartment towersShoalhaven Councillor appears in court and resigns immediatelyClarence Valley’s Mayor condemns an MP for "misuse of parliamentary privilege"Shellharbour appoints its new CEOA heated cemetery ...

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45:59

Rejection, failure and enforcement - ft. Lisa...

Local Government News Roundup ·

2025/11/04

Send us a text In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: Greater Dandenong mayor rejects independent workplace culture investigationCity of Ballarat admits responsibility for a million dollar failed road repairNorth Sydney Council proposes rate increases up to 54% after previous rejectionGold Coast Council issued enforcement order after 7 million litres of sewage spillsQueensland councils face $40,000 annual cost for weather data previously free from Bureau of MeteorologyFormer To...

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32:00

$3M win, costly mistake, and three strikes for...

Local Government News Roundup ·

2025/11/02

Send us a text In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: A $3M VCAT win for Glen Eira over the Melbourne Racing ClubBattery storage push back in Baw BawA costly infringement mistake in Yarra RangesAged care reforms place new obligations on councillorsNSW’s most controversial councillor suspended for a third timeCouncils take a stand against new meeting rulesDisaster role locked in for Queensland mayorsA staff exodus raises concerns at a Tasmanian counciland a call for compulsory v...

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42:24

Walkout, countback take 2, and busker shock - ft....

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2025/10/30

Send us a text In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: A Surf Coast councillor walks out of his first meeting after a suspensionCount backs and resignations continue in Victoria, as mayoral election season beginsAn audit reveals a $50M asset overvaluation and 'extreme risk' in ParramattaControversial changes to busking rules in SydneyNorth Burnett moves to forcibly sell six properties over $200K rates debtGold Coast says no to free early parking despite resident petitionsA warni...

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45:12

Call for scrutiny, higher councillor pay and fairer...

Local Government News Roundup ·

2025/10/28

Send us a text In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: A call for scrutiny as major new planning reforms unveiled without consultation with councilsThe fight against the ESVF continuesLiverpool’s mayor under renewed attack in a public inquiryA move to slash short term rental caps in SydneyA Queensland mayor wants to reduce councillor numbersHobart councillors make the case for higher payAn Adelaide councillor to apologise for a breachand a South Australian Council CEO resignatio...

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30:07

A new era, a health battle and copycat motions

Local Government News Roundup ·

2025/10/26

Send us a text Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup: A new era for Hobsons Bay Council as it announces its next chief executiveGippsland earns a place on the world stageA Lord Mayor’s health battleCouncillors accused of copycat motions on housing in NSWService cuts and workforce reallocations flagged at a Queensland council,While another allays fears of a burial crisisA controversial Tasmanian councillor reveals his future plansand defamation proceedings from a CEO against his...

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31:18

Beach tragedy, landbanking, award winners and a...

Local Government News Roundup ·

2025/10/23

Send us a text In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: Frankston Council to step up beach safety measures after two tragic deathsConcerns over plans to add private security cameras to Melbourne’s CCTV networkLandbanking accusations from by an inner city Council CEOConcerns raised about new NSW councillor conduct reformsThis year’s Women in Local Government award winners announcedA new trial to crack down on vehicles blocking drivewaysThe alarm sounded on infrastructure and crowd...

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