Contentious approval, political football, and no-trepass

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On the Local Government News Roundup for Monday 19th August:

• An ex-footy star lines up for the Melbourne Lord Mayoral race;
• Approval granted for a contentious high rise Docklands development;
• Councils band together to call for united government action on housing;
• The weekend developments in the NSW council nominations fiasco;
• More councillors leave the Liberal Party, as long standing mayors flag retirement;
• Townsville Council makes a controversial decision and complains it has been used as a political football
• A South Australian Council CEO resigns
• The NT councillor issued with a no-trespass notice by her council - details emerge about her alleged offences
• and we find out about the City of Melbourne’s exciting Fishermans Bend Digital Innovation Challenge.

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Capíttulos

1. Contentious approval, political football, and no-trepass (00:00:00)

2. Victorian Roundup (00:02:25)

3. National Roundup (00:09:29)

4. Global Roundup (00:18:16)

5. Interview: Gemma Baxter, CoM Digital Innovation Challenge (00:22:06)

6. [Ad] Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies - The Beltway Briefing (00:25:07)

7. (Cont.) Interview: Gemma Baxter, CoM Digital Innovation Challenge (00:25:47)