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Special Edition: Jim's View, ft. Jim Magee - #539
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Special Edition: Jim's View, ft. Jim Magee - #539
Jan 15, 2026
Season 6
Episode 539
Chris Eddy
In this special edition of the Local Government News Roundup:
- A councillor resignation at Whittlesea to trigger a by-election
- Strathbogie Council launches a petition to improve power reliability, after days of outages during bushfire emergencies
- Debate over the future of the Bondi Park bridge at the centre of a recent terror attack
- and a monitor appointed after relations breakdown at the City of Perth
- Plus former Glen Eira mayor Jim Magee OAM drops by for a chat on all things local government, including a controversial new survey that found some people want to do away with councils altogether.
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