Local Government News Roundup
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Local Government News Roundup
Mayors stepping down, forced garbage collections, and a mass CEO exodus - #627
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Today on the Local Government News Roundup:
- Casey’s mayor to step down to contest the state election
- The Victorian opposition says it will force weekly rubbish collections on Councils
- The Mayor of Shoalhaven takes leave after a serious health diagnosis
- A Sydney council looking to make English signage compulsory in local businesses
- A leaked report uncovers decades of water and sewerage neglect at Redland Council
- The death of a serving councillor in Tasmania
- A controversial Burnside councillor resigns ahead of a damning report finding
- and concerns that remuneration caps have caused a mass CEO exodus in South Australia
plus more local government news from around Australia and beyond.
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