About this episode

The episode discusses various local government issues including advocacy priorities, governance emergencies, and political influence in council operations.

Send us Fan Mail Coming up today: Victorian Councils press their advocacy priorities - with hooning, road conditions and police numbers among the demandsA governance emergency in New South Wales has councils scrambling to roll back new meeting rulesA NSW MP accused of undue influence on council operationsA new CEO appointed to run two Tasmanian councilsIn WA, a commissioner appointed to Carnarvon Shire, and a Council CEO calls timeA $400M housing incentive fund for NZ Councilsand another Cana...

People in this episode

Host: Chris Eddy

Topics covered

• local government
• council operations
• advocacy priorities
• governance issues
• housing incentives
• political influence

Keywords

• Victorian Councils
• New South Wales
• governance emergency
• housing incentive fund
• Carnarvon Shire
• Tasmanian councils
• political influence
• road conditions
• police numbers
• hooning

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Victorian Councils, Tasmanian councils

Places: New South Wales, Carnarvon Shire, NZ

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