Sickening reference, industrial action and a 4 day week back on the agenda - #571

About this episode

This episode discusses various local government issues including a mayor's resignation pressure, a proposed four day work week, and upcoming industrial action in Melbourne.

Send us Fan Mail In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: Pressure mounts on a city mayor to resignA NSW council floats a plan for a four day work weekA mayor’s off mic moment becomes publicIndustrial action set to disrupt services across eight Melbourne councilsA council ‘s $10M legal bill successfully challenged in courtResidents set to protest a NSW council’s planned budget cutsControversial changes to committee appointments on the Gold Coastand council meeting lunches get the...

People in this episode

Host: Chris Eddy

Topics covered

• local government
• politics
• industrial action
• work week
• budget cuts
• committee changes

Keywords

• local government
• NSW council
• Melbourne councils
• budget cuts
• industrial action
• four day work week
• committee appointments

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gold Coast

Places: NSW, Melbourne

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