Heated debates over the Israel-Hamas war have increased tensions within some Victorian councils,with bans on a call for a ceasefire,backflips over a solidarity motion and even death threats.
A 72-year-old widow suffered “a catalogue of misfortune and mistakes” after building a structure specifically designed to house her son’s dialysis machine,the Ombudsman has found.
Victorians will pay six-figure salaries for specially appointed Commonwealth Games directors at local councils even though the Games have been cancelled.
Angry library supporters chanted ‘vote them out’ from the public gallery after councillors approved the 2023-24 budget,which they say will lead to reduced library hours.
Almost 170 Victorian bank branches have closed in the past two and half years. But communities from the city to the regions keep fighting to retain them,some scoring unlikely victories.
The sister and mother of Rick Devlin say he may still be alive if the scandal-plagued Moira Council had addressed its workplace culture issues.
From a missing stadium and a levee that never came to toxic waste,residents of Moira Shire had plenty of reasons to be disappointed in their council.
The union representing workers at the troubled Moira Shire Council wants a clear-out after a damning report led to the sacking of councillors.
The death of Victorian council worker Rick Devlin sparked a seven-month investigation that has uncovered a litany of failures by the council’s dysfunctional leadership.
The senior executive is mounting a legal challenge after the council rejected his plans for a subdivision on a property with links to Phar Lap.
Ratepayers will fork out up to 3.5 per cent more next year,but councils say they are still wrangling with the hit this year from surging inflation.