Stand up for the mayor - plus monitors, CEOs and major reforms

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On the Local Government News Roundup for 19th December 2024:

• More monitor appointments extended
• Another Council reverses course on Australia Day
• As councils hold their first meetings of the new term, advocacy positions are reaffirmed, and meeting times are reviewed
• A serious financial crisis at Liverpool
• A performance improvement order flagged for a NSW council
• New CEO appointments in NSW and Queensland
• and major local government reforms announced in the UK and New Zealand

Also today, councillors in NSW will soon be required to stand for the mayor, while a mayor in another state under fire for ordering a councillor to sit down.
It's the first of our bumper Summer editions of the Local Government News Roundup

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Capíttulos

1. Stand up for the mayor - plus monitors, CEOs and major reforms (00:00:00)

2. Victorian Roundup (00:02:23)

3. NSW Roundup (00:09:53)

4. More news from across Australia (00:15:30)

5. Global Roundup (00:21:45)