Charges dropped, housing plan fail, and e-scooter investigations

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On the Local Government News Roundup for Monday 26th August 2024:

• Drug charges against a councillor dropped
• A Melbourne Lord Mayoral candidate pledges to scrap the Greenline project
• A major social housing plan falls over in Monash
• The councillor calling for a commitment to a ‘clean election campaign’
• Victorian councils grappling with major solar and wind farm proposals
• Councils asking questions over allegations against a leading e-scooter operator
• Council worker strike action looming in Toowoomba
• A backdown from a controversial swearing ban
• And English councils sound the alarm on a men’s health crisis

Plus more news from the world of local government around Australia and beyond.

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1. Charges dropped, housing plan fail, and e-scooter investigations (00:00:00)

2. Victorian Roundup (00:02:17)

3. National Roundup (00:09:27)

4. Global Roundup (00:16:27)