"Game of chicken", concerning trend, and 4 day week first - ft. Jonathon Marsden #544

Local Government News Roundup · Jan 29, 2026 · 46m

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

Councils in a “game of chicken” with the state government

Wyndham calls out a spate of online racism

Concerning trends in local government finances across NSW

A council chambers closed after an asbestos discovery

Secret recordings lead to a governance crisis in Cairns

An Australian first as Launceston gets set to introduce a four day working week

and Perth’s Lord Mayor responds to the leaking of a damning internal report

All of that and more just ahead on Australia’s number one local government podcast.

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