Case dismissed, exclusion order dropped, and an existential threat - #648

Local Government News Roundup · Oct 4, 2026 · 20m

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Today on the Local Government News Roundup:

An assault charge dismissed against Yarra's mayor

A council's open letter to the community about a controversial funding source

Leeton consults on Special Rate Variation proposals

A media exclusion order dropped after five months

Data centre powers stripped from Queensland councils

No charges over Hobart's snack-gate scandal

and a warning of an existential threat to local government in the UK

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