Inquiry push, a new crop of mayors, and legal costs payback ordered

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On the Local Government News Roundup for Thursday 21st November:

• A push to hold an inquiry into the conduct of Victorian council elections
• A council civic centre goes into lockdown
• We roundup all the latest mayoral election results
• A site secured for a new depot for Kiama Council
• A hefty rate increase proposed at Northern Beaches
• A council’s legal battles with developers to be brought into the open
• A Qld mayor defends the public termination of a CEO’s contract
• and a court orders a Tasmanian Mayor and General Manager to pay back their council and self fund defamation proceedings

Plus more local government news from around Australia and beyond.

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1. Inquiry push, a new crop of mayors, and legal costs payback ordered (00:00:00)

2. Victorian Roundup (00:02:23)

3. Mayoral Election Results (00:04:38)

4. National Roundup (00:14:05)

5. Global Roundup (00:25:23)