Surprise announcements, advocacy wins and an intervention

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Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup:

• Government housing announcements take councils by surprise
• Victoria’s development contributions schemes to be overhauled
• Advocacy wins for growth and fringe councils - we find out more from a council CEO
• Differing views on the voting power of Melbourne’s businesses
• New regulations arrive for Victoria’s new councillor conduct regime
• Tributes on the passing of a long-time civic leader
• The NSW mayoral election jigsaw is almost complete
• Townsville’s mayor to challenge the government’s attempts to remove him
• Speculation about a Council CEO’s future
• Acouncil and state government at odds over the use of AI, and
• the New Zealand government announces its intervention measure for Wellington City Council, while other councils worry about who might be next.

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Capíttulos

1. Surprise announcements, advocacy wins and an intervention (00:00:00)

2. Victorian Roundup (00:02:33)

3. Interview: Mark Dupe (00:05:26)

4. Victorian Roundup continues (00:10:58)

5. National Roundup (00:16:00)

6. [Ad] Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies - The Beltway Briefing (00:16:57)

7. (Cont.) National Roundup (00:17:37)

8. Global Roundup (00:25:18)