VLGA Connect, episode 248: Governance Update.
Chris Eddy and Stephen Cooper discuss the governance news of the week, including a dispute over the display of political signage in Bayside City Council; the collapse of a property reform package and a social housing rates exemption along with it; a new councillor for Yarra Ranges; and legal action over the removal of a heritage property in Stonnington.
Story links:
Independent Zoe Daniel points to Josh Frydenberg campaign signs to appeal against council ruling | Australian politics | The Guardian
Government abandons property reform package
New councillor for Yarra Ranges
Stonnington takes legal action over heritage property removal
Emotional scenes as iVote court challenge hears results of 39 council elections now in doubt - ABC News
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