Major project scrapped, a mayor breaks ranks, and a mass councillor resignation

Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup:

• The City of Melbourne scraps a $1.5B project, and rejects a major redevelopment near Marvel Stadium
• Hume City Council to foot a half million dollar pool repair bill after an insurance claim is rejected
• A plan to remove offensive graffiti within one hour under consideration in Sydney
• Sydney councils under fire over a legal challenge, waste charges and sinkhole management
• A capital city mayor publicly criticises a decision of her own council
• The Queensland council criticised for locking the homeless out of public toilets
• and a Canadian community left without local leadership after a mass resignation of councillors

Learn more about SmartGlue at www.symphony3.com

The Local Government News Roundup is brought to you by the Victorian Local Governance Association, the national broadcaster on all things local government; with support from Symphony3 - simple, connected customer experiences; and Rath Engineering Development - smarter local government systems built from real on-the-ground experience.

Links for stories referenced in the podcast can be found by visiting the Roundup website.

Support the Roundup by becoming a subscriber for around $5 per month. ($3 USD) Click here to subscribe now.