Rejection, failure and enforcement - ft. Lisa Scomazzon, #513

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• Greater Dandenong mayor rejects independent workplace culture investigation
• City of Ballarat admits responsibility for a million dollar failed road repair
• North Sydney Council proposes rate increases up to 54% after previous rejection
• Gold Coast Council issued enforcement order after 7 million litres of sewage spills
• Queensland councils face $40,000 annual cost for weather data previously free from Bureau of Meteorology
• Former Town of Cambridge mayor loses appeal against code of conduct breach findings
• London boroughs face £4 billion funding gap with bankruptcy risk for up to half by 2028
• Mexican mayor Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez shot dead during Day of the Dead celebrations

and more news from across the world of local government.

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