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Councils Make Page One

Sydney's Daily Telegraph has made one of its rare excursions in to reporting on local government with a review of credit card use by council mayors and general managers. The story is very much in the "shock, horror" school of journalism, detailing examples of cards being used for Italian expresso machines, drycleaning, $1400 dinners and exotic junkets. more

Toowoomba Holds a Real Community Consultation

Sunday, 2nd April, 2006 - Community consultation is one of those fine sounding priciples that local government councils regularly espouse but rarely practice. In Toowoomba things are different. For many months now the Council has been informing its ratepayers about an impending crisis in the supply of water and of the options for dealing with it. more

Not My Park Please

Tuesday, 14th March, 2006 - In t he suburb of Newton in the South Australian city of Campbelltown there's a 10,000 square metre reserve with an asbestos fence around it. The nearby residents love the reserve but hate the asbestos so ... more

CORRUPTION UPDATE

Our regular update. Latest story involves a former WA Labor MP pleading guilty to corruption charges. more

North Grampians - First Job to Sort Out a Sacking - 21 Jan 2006

London Mayor Suspended from Office - 27 Feb 2006

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