"Subverting democracy", councillors suspended and accosted - #525

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• A Merri-bek councillor to be suspended for misconduct
• A councillor accosted in public over a controversial pool decision
• The NSW Council set to fly the Palestinian flag
• Environmental vandalism under investigation by Noosa Council
• A Queensland council’s calls for help with a recent crime spike
• A South Australian mayor resigns, effective immediately
• and Perth’s Lord Mayor abandons a controversial workplace culture review

All of that and more just ahead on Australia’s number one local government podcast.

Plus we go live to Las Vegas in the states where Fergal Coleman from Symphony3 is at the AWS reInvent conference getting the lowdown of where AI technology is taking us in the very near future.

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