Planning alarm, avoidable failures, mayor removed - #519

Local Government News Roundup · Nov 20, 2025 · 30m

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

Peak bodies sound the alarm over Victoria’s planning overhaul

New landslide erosion measures in Mornington Peninsula

The Victorian Ombudsman finds government and council failures caused a retirement village flood disaster

The result of the Townsville mayoral election is official

A population boom in the City of Ipswich confirmed by new data

A Hobart councillor takes Federal Court action

A South Australian mayor’s term ended early by fellow councillors

And a warning that new legislation could bankrupt some WA councils

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