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Leanne Wong
Verified
Journalist, ABC News (Australia)
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By Leanne Wong Verified, Elise Kinsella Verified| ABC News (Australia) Verified Turmoil within a council in Melbourne's north has deepened, with the mayor of Whittlesea City Council suspended and an inquiry launched, following "serious issues of governance and health and safety concerns". On Wednesday, Local Government Minister Nick Staikos announced Whittlesea council mayor Aidan McLindon would be suspended for six months and banned from performing any councillor duties, including attending meetings, delegated committees or council premises.
By Leanne Wong Verified| ABC News (Australia) Verified About 200 people have rallied on the steps of state parliament in protest against the government's contentious bail laws, urging it not to push ahead with the changes they say will will harm "generations of Victorian children". Karen Fletcher, a lawyer who attended the protest, said the bail laws would be disastrous if passed in parliament. "We're concerned this bill is being rushed through without proper consultation of the consequences, and on the basis of very thin reasoning," she said.
By Leanne Wong Verified, Elise Kinsella Verified| ABC News (Australia) Verified Turmoil within a council in Melbourne's north has deepened, with the mayor of Whittlesea City Council suspended and an inquiry launched, following "serious issues of governance and health and safety concerns". On Wednesday, Local Government Minister Nick Staikos announced Whittlesea council mayor Aidan McLindon would be suspended for six months and banned from performing any councillor duties, including attending meetings, delegated committees or council premises.
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ABC News (Australia)
Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia
+61 2 8333 2821