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

Local Government News Roundup