VLGA Connect
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VLGA Connect
TGU: A social media pile-on without much credibility
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Victorian Local Governance Association
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Season 4
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Episode 387
On TGU this week, a new conduct finding leads to another councillor suspension; a place naming policy becomes controversial in regional Victoria; Yarra’s push to charge owners of large vehicles higher parking fees; Warrnambool expresses its concerns after offshore wind farm announcement; a new mayoral advisory panel announced; and much more including the council that is trying to ban scrolling in public.
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Story Links:
- Conduct finding - Hobsons Bay, Cr Daria Kellander
https://www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au/files/assets/public/v/1/documents/council-meetings/2024/03-12-mar/2024-03-12-council-meeting-attachments.pdf - Yarra investigating increasing fees for large vehicles
*Melbourne's Yarra City Council looks at higher parking fees for large SUVs and trucks - ABC News - Warrnambool response to offshore wind farm announcement
*Council to lobby for best offshore wind outcome | Warrnambool City Council - 2024 Mayoral Advisory Panel announced
*https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/new-mayoral-advisory-panel-named-2024
- NSW Councils told to stop using ticketless parking fine system
Ticketless parking fines must meet community expectations, NSW Government stops new councils signing up - NSW ALGWA survey reveals alarming rates of sexism and bullying in councils
*NSW survey of female councillors show more than 60 per cent experienced bullying, intimidation | Daily Telegraph - QLD council elections this week - 10% drop in candidates, 33% rise in uncontested positions
More uncontested council positions ahead of Queensland elections - ABC News - Canada Mayor calls out increasingly hostile culture for elected representatives
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-100-ottawa-morning/clip/16048868-ottawa-mayor-mark-sutcliffe-calls-civility-amidst-increasingly - France: the council banning public smartphone use
Fighting the smartphone ‘invasion’: the French village that voted to ban scrolling in public | France | The Guardian