Mayor banned, e-scooter fee hike, and a billion dollar rail plan

Send us Fan MailIn this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:Banned from Council premises - Whittlesea’s mayoral crisis deepensSafety concerns force another Council to meet onlineHepburn Shire to apply for a higher rate capYarra lifts e-scooter fees by 400 percentA CEO resigns after an extraordinary Council meetingA councillor censured for comments on social mediaA new partnership agreement for state and local government in QueenslandAdelaide campaigns for 50 cent bus fares, andCritics take aim at the UK Government’s new planning lawsThe Local Government News Roundup is supported this month by the National Growth Areas Alliance “Emerging Growth Areas Forum. Tuesday, 4th August at Hume City Council Town Hall in Broadmeadows, running alongside the NGAA National Congress. Registration is open now to all local governments — head to the NGAA website - ngaa.org.au - to secure your place. Support the showThe Local Government News Roundup is brought to you by the Victorian Local Governance Association, the national broadcaster on all things local government; with support from Symphony3 - simple, connected customer experiences; and Rath Engineering Development - smarter local government systems built from real on-the-ground experience.Links for stories referenced in the podcast can be found by visiting the Roundup website.Support the Roundup by becoming a subscriber for around $5 per month. ($3 USD) Click here to subscribe now.