Rate cap breach, intervention and a tragic loss - ft.Anne-Marie Cade #524

Rate cap breach, intervention and a tragic loss - ft.Anne-Marie Cade #524

Author: Chris Eddy December 2, 2025 Duration: 41:47
Send us Fan Mail In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup: A second Victorian council in breach of the rate capHume Council wins VCAT action against illegal earthworksNew figures show the chronic underfunding that is holding back housing developmentA proposal to fund Pride Month activities under fireA council backs away from a special rate variation planThe Queensland government to send an adviser into Redland CouncilThe tragic death of a WA deputy shire president in a bushfireAll...

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