Budget fails, book ban overturned, and a name change dispute

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On the Roundup for 17th May 2024:

• The Federal Budget fails to provide promised fair increases in funding to local government
• Councils on the frontline of the housing crisis
• Rumours of a Disneyland theme park for Werribee are short-lived
• The fate of a complaint to the Press Council about an offensive newspaper cartoon
• A controversial library book ban overturned after a fiery, extended council meeting
• Blacktown elects a new mayor after the passing of Tony Bleasdale
• An election-related complaint lodged against Toowoomba Council
• Impatient vandals knock down a statue on the eve of a tribunal ruling
• A major world city the latest to be hit by a cyber security incident
• And a name change triggers a dispute between two San Fransisco area airports

and much more news from across the world of local government.

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Chapters

1. Budget fails, book ban overturned, and a name change dispute (00:00:00)

2. Federal Budget Reaction (00:02:25)

3. Victorian Roundup (00:05:30)

4. National Roundup (00:11:14)

5. Global Roundup (00:18:57)