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Today's guest on the Local Government News Roundup's Well Travelled Executive Series is Stephen Wall, the CEO of Wyndham City Council in Victoria.

Stephen has held local government roles in three states, in a career that has led him to the CEO position at one of the fastest growing municipalities in the country.

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Today's guest on the Local Government News Roundup's Well Travelled Executive Series is Alastair Dawson, an experienced council CEO and university sector executive, who most recently served as interim CEO of Livingstone Shire Council in Queensland.

Alastair joins Chris to discuss his unique career path, in which he has occasionally courted controversy.

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Today's guest on the Local Government News Roundup's Well Travelled Executive Series John Nevins, whose career in public service spans nearly four decades.

For more than 10 years, he was the CEO of Kingston City Council in Melbourne.

John reflects on the early years of Council amalgamations in Victoria, the changes to the sector, and how he dealt with a major health scare along the way.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• A let down for councils in the latest Federal Budget
• A new CEO for Strathbogie
• Melbourne’s Keys to the City process under review
• Local residents look for council help to stop high rise apartments
• The exciting new art installation coming to Mildura
• A controversial pool ID policy up for review
• Calls for a crackdown on illegal vape stores
• A council incentive to keep a local butcher shop open
• and UK Councils on notice from the PM to publish their pothole progress

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• E-scooter operators bail on the City of Yarra
• Hepburn Shire denies its rate increase proposal is linked to a failed development project
• A northeast community concerned about biosecurity waste
• A call for a delay to the glass recycling bin rollout
• Startling bullying claims about a NSW council
• Back to the drawing board for a GM recruitment process
• Plus a Queensland CEO stepping down
• Launceston Council calls in the Police, and
• Perth’s Lord Mayor bids farewell

and more local government news from across Australia and beyond.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• A controversial local law to be reviewed
• Rail announcements hailed by local councils
• A councillor levels accusations at colleagues
• Buloke’s mayor confident a cancelled festival will return
• A NSW councillor under renewed fire for ongoing behaviour
• A call for an ICAC investigation into a councillor’s new role
• Share bike companies on notice from a Sydney council
• The resignation of a long-serving mayor
• A WA Council CEO appointment; and
• And another NZ council to leave the sector’s peak body

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• The Mayor of Whittlesea calls for the resignation of the Council’s CEO and monitors
• A call for patience from the Mayor of Greater Dandenong
• Hepburn Shire responds to the leaking of the Rex report
• A local government first strategy to tackle anti-semitism
• A General Manager calls time
• An apology from a Gold Coast councillor
• Queensland councils sound the alarm over rising insurance costs
• Hobart pressing ahead with a controversial bike lane project
• And uncertainty continues at a WA council unable to make major decisions

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• The shock leak of a confidential report into a longstanding issue at Hepburn Shire
• A showdown looms as Whittlesea’s mayoral crisis drags on
• A spate of recycling truck fires prompts more warnings from councils
• A regional NSW council’s cash flow warning
• An urgent call for an investigation into financial concerns at a regional airport
• Perth councils push back on the use of NDAs and cost-shifting

and much more local government news from across Australia and beyond.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• Banned from Council premises - Whittlesea’s mayoral crisis deepens
• Safety concerns force another Council to meet online
• Hepburn Shire to apply for a higher rate cap
• Yarra lifts e-scooter fees by 400 percent
• A CEO resigns after an extraordinary Council meeting
• A councillor censured for comments on social media
• A new partnership agreement for state and local government in Queensland
• Adelaide campaigns for 50 cent bus fares, and
• Critics take aim at the UK Government’s new planning laws

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• Threats of violence push a Council meeting online
• New alliances to tackle common issues
• MAV board election results are in
• Six NSW councils given an ultimatum on development assessment times
• The councillors pushing for spending reviews at their councils
• Attention turns to clean up across cyclone impacted communities
• Plus a new CEO appointment, a lord mayor elected to parliament, and a unanimous vote of no confidence in an embattled US mayor

Also today, Liz Joldeski from Mainstreet Australia on the link between place making and community safety.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• Councillors embroiled in a Parliamentary shutdown
• A cancelled funding agreement under review
• IPART considers a public hearing on a controversial rate increase proposal
• A call to relax restrictions on dogs in pubs
• A council sets the record straight on property sales due to rate arrears
• A court ruling puts four seats on Adelaide City Council in jeopardy
• And sweeping changes for UK councils that could see them stripped of planning powers

Plus Chris is joined by Alice Jeffcott from Market Creations Agency to talk about how they are helping councils across Western Australia and beyond meet new obligations for live streaming and public registers.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• The last minute cancellation of a troubled festival
• A retaining wall coming down after a Council stop work order
• Safety concerns shut down a major council facility
• NSW and QLD councils brace for Alfred’s arrival
• A regional CEO stepping down
• A lord mayor taken to task over social media
• Another council to auction properties over unpaid rates
• A council’s win in court over illegal tree removal,
• plus more local government news from across Australia and beyond.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• Mornington Peninsula’s new CEO
• Port Phillip urged to reconsider a controversial sleeping rough proposal
• Buloke Council allows a festival to go ahead
• Ballarat’s vandalism troubles continue
• The results of Victoria’s first ever councillor census revealed
• A Bendigo director named CEO of Murray River Council
• A NSW Council CEO on leave as an investigation commences
• Southeast Queensland councils working overtime as Tropical Cyclone Alfred approaches, and
• Alarm bells for the sustainability of six South Australian councils

All of that and more just ahead on Australia’s number one local government podcast.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• A dismissive response to a group of councils’ concerns
• A council’s zero tolerance stand on harassment
• Negative social media prompts a policy review
• A mayor backs his GM and staff
• An extremely embarrassed veteran councillor charged with drink driving
• A so-called gag policy withdrawn
• Local government targeted in a DOGE style spending review in Florida
• and Fergal Coleman from Symphony3 drops by to talk about his recent whirlwind tour of local governments in New Zealand.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• Environmental destruction outrage in Kingston
• More changes at the CEO level of Victorian councils
• A council meeting recording taken offline amid defamation concerns
• Applause for a council’s stand on a controversial energy project
• A councillor move to ban Welcome to Country acknowledgements falls flat
• Wagga Council fears lives at risk from inland rail
• Strike action in Brisbane
• Councillor resignations, including five from one WA Council
• And the Canadian council back from the brink after a mass resignation

Plus more local government news from across Australia and beyond.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• New housing targets and concerns about a strong arm approach
• Opposition to a new emergency services levy grows
• A shock CEO resignation and more senior execs on the move
• Councils review their approach to unpaid rates
• Industrial action considered at Wingecarribee
• Rising tensions over a council’s approach to homeless people
• More local government election reforms planned for Tasmania
• Allegations of technology misuse targeting a US city manager

and more local government news from across Australia and beyond.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• Whittlesea’s embattled mayor digs in and hits back
• A call for an investigation into a ratepayer group
• A controversial theatre plan dropped
• Tough new action on abandoned trolleys
• A motion of no confidence blocked
• A city seeks a $2B lifeline
• Conduct concerns at a South Australian council
• Exceptional financial support for UK councils
• Plus, a conversation about the mental well-being of councillors and how it is impacting communities and democracies.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• A council meeting adjourned as tensions boil over
• Melbourne’s new tougher stance on graffiti
• A call for state government help on tree vandalism in NSW
• and the cost of vandalism escalates for a Tasmanian council
• Protests directed at Queensland councils
• A new CEO announced for Redland
• A South Australian Council hands back two iconic landmarks to the state
• and fierce opposition to an election promise in Western Australia

Plus more local government news from around Australia and beyond.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• Mayors under pressure to resign from within
• Brimbank calls for rail before runway in a new campaign
• More than half a million failure to vote notices on their way to Victorians
• An interim federal report into local government sustainability released
• Council spending under the microscope in NSW
• Mackay CEO Resigns Amid Controversy
• A former CEO launches legal action against a council

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• A metro mayor under pressure to resign
• A hospital protest is headed for the steps of Parliament
• A monitor’s verdict on a rural Council
• Kiama’s industrial dispute resolved
• A CEO takes leave as a mayor issues a warning to councillors
• Escalating safety concerns at a Queensland council
• plus General Manager resignation and appointment news

and much more local government news from around the country and beyond.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• A step towards open briefings at Greater Dandenong
• A Council CEO condemns malicious attacks on staff and councillors
• Victorian first e-bike and e-scooter parking installed in Yarra
• Mayors found guilty of misconduct and privacy breaches
• A contentious Welcome to Country motion voted down
• A win in court for a Queensland council
• and bin worker strikes escalate in a major UK city

and much more local government news from across Australia and beyond.

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• Chaotic scenes as another council considers a major rate increase
• And a former PM’s extraordinary call to boycott council rates
• A council’s move to ensure political neutrality
• Competing petitions on a name change proposal in Dandenong
• A hiring freeze for one of the country’s largest councils
• Dysfunction brings a North Queensland council to a minister’s attention
• Adelaide Council under fire over green space and parking plans
• and UK councillors step aside as a messaging scandal widens

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• A new push for open councillor briefing sessions
• A council’s planning policy under fire
• A positive step in the fight for a new Albury Wodonga hospital
• An administration call for a NSW council
• A sector leading anti-racism strategy launched, as Mayors unite to condemn religious violence
• Council travel expenses under the spotlight
• A mayor defends his city from sensationalist news headlines, and
• Rat numbers out of control in cities worldwide

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• An urgent arbitration request against a Mayor
• Mornington Peninsula’s move to open briefings takes a step forward
• Performance improvement ordered for Snowy Monaro council
• A mass exodus from a Tasmanian and a Western Australian Council
• Gold Coast Council responds to anger over parking fines
• A Lord Mayor ordered to apologise for a breach of the Act
• And in the UK, elections delayed and mergers approved, but some are left disappointed

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• A Council CEO calls out double-dipping hypocrisy
• A war of words between a mayor and a state Premier
• Ongoing anti-semitic activity prompts a united call for action
• Increased security following more vandalism at Ballarat’s Botanic Gardens
• A former long serving Lord Mayor calls time on her local government career
• Sydney councils faced with a tree crisis
• A former capital city CEO takes on an interim role
• and Canadian councils on the frontline of a US trade war

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