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Australia’s local councils have remembered Bob Hawke for his role in the 1988 referendum to recognise local government.

Former Melbourne councillor Tessa Sullivan says she felt ‘used’ by political parties who tried to recruit her as a federal election candidate.

The peak body for Australia’s councils has welcomed Labor’s local government plan as a step in the right direction.

Australia’s local government climate change hot spots – how do you fare?

The Victorian Government has ordered a Commission of Inquiry into South Gippsland Council.

Disgruntled councils say the major parties have sidelined local government in their election campaigns.

An “unprecedented integrity crisis” has led the Queensland government to sack the entire Logan City Council.

Logan City Council Mayor Luke Smith and seven councillors have been charged with fraud.

A special investigation into worker exploitation in Australia’s fruit-picking sector.

The peak national body for local government is rallying councils to campaign for increased federal funds ahead of the election.