$1.5B cost-shift, costly legal disputes, and amalgamation debate reignites

Local Government News Roundup · Jul 10, 2025 · 25m

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

Moorabool puts its case to VCAT over an EPA clean up order

A fight to stop a proposed new McDonald’s restaurant in Darebin

The Victorian Government denies a council’s kangaroo harvesting request

A new report puts a number on government cost-shifting

A tragedy in Townsville involving a council waste truck

The cost of councillor conduct legal disputes revealed in Adelaide

and the council amalgamation debate reignites in Western Australia

Plus Ballarat Deputy Mayor Cr Ben Taylor reveals the council's approach to collecting an…