Suspended mayor, failed merger plan, and market failure - ft. Robert Hicks

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• The mayor of one of Victoria’s largest councils suspended for one month
• Wangaratta Council appoints its new CEO
• A proposal to merge two NSW councils fails to get off the ground,
• As a dire warning is issued about the future of the state’s smaller councils
• Tensions rise in Wollongong during a cat curfew debate
• Plans for Australia’s tallest building on the Gold Coast
• A Hobart councillor’s fuel card mistake

Also today - why are an increasing number of local governments funding GPs?


On Roundup Extra, Robert Hicks from Curtin Medical School reveals that WA councils are now spending millions to fill a ‘market failure’ in medical services - and its a growing crisis across the country.


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