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    Anniversaries, centenaries, train stations and mulch-gate

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    Council updates for Melbourne's west: Anniversaries, centenaries, train stations and mulch-gate chambers to be voted on. 
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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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    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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    Questions, questions, interjections, and more questions

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    But is it the process the people want? 
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    MISSING IN ACTION, AND BLOCKED

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    Local government is meant to be the most accessible level of government in our political system.
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    TEARS, OVATIONS AND EMPTY SPACES

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    Tears at Hobsons Bay, people voting with their feet at Wyndham, standing ovations at Brimbank and unusually sedate at Maribyrnong.
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    YOUR COUNCIL MEETING IS PAUSED!

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    You, Dear Reader, will know because your correspondent was there on your behalf.  Read on!

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