Mayor banned, e-scooter fee hike, and a billion dollar rail plan

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In this edition of the Local Government News Roundup:

• Banned from Council premises - Whittlesea’s mayoral crisis deepens
• Safety concerns force another Council to meet online
• Hepburn Shire to apply for a higher rate cap
• Yarra lifts e-scooter fees by 400 percent
• A CEO resigns after an extraordinary Council meeting
• A councillor censured for comments on social media
• A new partnership agreement for state and local government in Queensland
• Adelaide campaigns for 50 cent bus fares, and
• Critics take aim at the UK Government’s new planning laws

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Chapters

1. Mayor banned, e-scooter fee hike, and a billion dollar rail plan (00:00:00)

2. Victorian Roundup (00:01:45)

3. National Roundup (00:08:57)

4. Global Roundup (00:17:54)