Mysterious black balls, surprise resignations and an ABBA promise

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Coming up today on the Local Government News Roundup:

• A councillor seeking re-election resigns two weeks out from election day
• The campaign promise to bring ABBA to Melbourne
• An alleged theft from a council-funded alliance under investigation
• Another NSW councillor resigns days into the new term, citing a toxic chamber
• An attempt to put a demerger back on the agenda at Canterbury Bankstown
• The clock running out on a show cause notice for the Mayor of Townsville
• A twist in the campaign donation saga for the Mayor of Sunshine Coast
• Plus mysterious black balls cause a council to close beaches;
• A surprise CEO appointment, and
• A councillor convicted of indecent assault resigns

Plus the latest on a potential government intervention at Wellington City Council, and the increasingly bleak financial outlook for UK councils.

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1. Mysterious black balls, surprise resignations and an ABBA promise (00:00:00)

2. Victorian Roundup (00:02:40)

3. NSW Report (00:09:34)

4. [Ad] Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies - The Beltway Briefing (00:15:42)

5. (Cont.) NSW Report (00:16:21)

6. National Roundup continues (00:16:23)

7. Global Roundup (00:24:32)