Planning alarm, avoidable failures, mayor removed - #519

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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

Plus much more news from across the world of local government.

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