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Unplanned leave, historic leadership team, and escalating dysfunction - #528
Local Government News Roundup
Local Government News Roundup
Unplanned leave, historic leadership team, and escalating dysfunction - #528
Dec 12, 2025
Season 5
Episode 528
Chris Eddy
In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- Victoria’s mayoral election season is over as the last Council makes a historic decision
- Albury Council’s CEO takes unplanned leave amid financial crisis
- Maitland Council votes to return historic gaol to NSW Government
- City of Perth dysfunction escalates
- Bass Coast launches petition to secure MotoGP beyond 2026
- The reason behind a country mayor’s resignation revealed
- Redland City Mayor's scathing attack leaves officers in tears
- A reprieve for flannelette shirts in Orange,
- and Kuala Lumpur's first woman mayor removed after 16 months
Plus more news from across the world of local government in Australia and beyond.
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