Merger smackdown, mayors for Parliament, and Australia Day differences - #556

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• Inner Melbourne mayors float a potential merger, and get a smackdown from the Premier
• A metro Council wants to raise rates by 5 per cent, and a rural council sounds the alarm on a spiralling asset maintenance gap
• Mornington Peninsula’s mayor is running for state parliament;
• While a former Albury mayor considers a run at federal parliament
• Sydney overturns controversial new busking rules
• Eyebrows raised at a Queensland council’s spend on overseas travel
• A controversial parking fine system under review in Adelaide
• A WA council takes back its approval of its suspended CEO’s resignation, and
• Australia Day controversies in Perth and Alice Springs

Plus much more news from around the world of local government in Australia and beyond.

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