Lack of transparency,restrictions on ratepayer questions and impenetrable freedom-of-information requests:welcome to local council.
A regional council worker is taking his employer to the Federal Court after accusing it of illegally dumping toxic waste and punishing him for speaking up.
Two Liberal candidates in the state election will be able to keep their councillor positions while they campaign after a controversial vote at Boroondara Council that went against integrity guidelines.
Audits into traders associations have raised questions of governance and accountability.
As Victorian communities battle floodwaters and the prospect of more rain on the way,it’s more important to offer help than judgment.
Furious locals are staging an outdoor sit-in protest after the City of Yarra axed its regular public meeting,claiming there were “no agenda items” for discussion.
Poorer,younger Australians have suffered one of the biggest falls in housing affordability. A leading economist says councils should get cash to lift builds.
It has all the ingredients tree changers look for in a regional town. But there’s one part of Kilmore locals say city people wouldn’t like.
The coveted Coburg North reserve was the latest battleground caught between the needs of professionalised organised sport and local residents wanting open space protected in their neighbourhoods.
Previously,there had been no formalised traditional owner group for 3721 square kilometres from the Werribee River through Melbourne and east to Bunyip.
Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass has identified another 17,400 fines that could be refunded after finding councils and agencies might have acted illegally by outsourcing reviews.