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    Josie Vine

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    A column by Josie Vine, RMIT senior journalism lecturer.
    Politics

    The bill of bickering

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    Irrelevant, vexatious, obscene, improper, incorrect, collusive, and garbage! These are just some of the words our elected councillors use to describe each other.
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    Bigger’n Taylor Swift!

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    The meetings at Hobsons Bay and Brimbank council last month were bigger’n Taylor Swift!. Well no, maybe your correspondent exaggerates. But there were a lot of people both in and outside council chambers.
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    Local council boundaries about to change under new review proposals

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    A radical review of the way our four councils are structured is about to be signed off, just eight months out from the October local government elections.
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    IN WITH THE NEW

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    Well, it’s that time of year again – out with the old and in with the new.
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    Council meetings heating up over bike lanes, housing, and public access to question time

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    But is it the process the people want? 
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