Mayor under pressure, resignation news, and blurry councillors - #570

Local Government News Roundup

Local Government News Roundup
Mayor under pressure, resignation news, and blurry councillors - #570
Mar 31, 2026 Season 6 Episode 570
Chris Eddy

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

  • Pressure builds on a newly elected mayor to step down
  • A South Australian Council CEO resigns after one year in the job
  • Hobart City’s new plan to tackle anti-social behaviour
  • A resignation triggers a by-election for another Victorian council
  • Victorian councillors report growing pressures in their role
  • Sydney’s Lord Mayor issues a new housing challenge to the state government
  • and the curious case of the blurry councillors

plus more local government news from across Australia and beyond.

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