You’ve heard of tiny homes,but what about tiny forests? It’s a growing movement in Australia,based on Japanese ideas.
So-called independent assessors are in fact incentivised to deny residents’ claims and save councils money.
Daniel Andrews vowed it would never happen under Labor. But one in three councils have ditched weekly pick-ups,and a big inner-city council plans to follow suit.
There are no easy fixes here,but the government should at least be willing to canvas solutions.
A proposal to amalgamate rate-capped councils has been met with derision and hostility,with some warning it could hark back to the ugliness of the Kennett-era mergers.
The Melbourne municipality revealed plans on Wednesday to transfer ownership of the last council-run aged care facility in the state after a secret vote.
Pulled funding,new fees and a council revolt:internal documents reveal how Victoria’s childhood vaccination database was at risk of collapse.
We rely on them for roads and rubbish collection – and a new poll shows people think councils are our best level of government.
The state government says the rate cap helps ease cost-of-living pressure,but councils say they won’t be able to fund essential services.
Conduct breaches that led to the controversial sanction included not pausing for long enough during a debate,and the use of the word “duplicitousness”.