Gold Coast mayor defends travelling to Italy, third business trip to Europe in two years
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate says he will charge ratepayers for flights to Italy so he can be…
Donald Trump praises Zohran Mamdani after cordial White House meeting
Donald Trump has showered praise on New York’s incoming mayor, Zohran Mamdani, during a warm and friendly press…
Yass Valley Council proposes raising rates by 40-58pc as it deals with multimillion-dollar deficit
The Yass Valley Council has deferred a vote on a rate increase of between 40 and 58 per…
How Zohran Mamdani’s triumph in New York is making waves around the world
The blistering rise of New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has captured global attention. The self-described democratic…
Brisbane State High School apologises after teaching wrong topic for Year 12 exam
One of Queensland’s top state high schools has apologised to students and parents after admitting it taught the…
Monitors reappointed to City of Whittlesea council, with ‘wrecking ball’ former mayor set to return
Municipal monitors will be reappointed to an embattled council in Melbourne’s booming outer north, where a controversial mayor…
Bangkok Post – ‘Time runs away’: Japan’s city with a 2-hour cap on phone use
Mayor Masafumi Kouki says he worried for many months about the “negative effects of excessive smartphone use, especially…
Royalla residents outraged by proposed quarry ‘right in the middle of our little estate’
Rural residents are hoping to stop empty paddocks being transformed into a million-tonne-per-year rock quarry over their back…
Wellington leaders say Nicola Willis deflecting responsibility for capital’s economic woes
“She’s the Minister of Finance and the Minister for Economic Growth but we’re yet to see concrete ideas…
Three WA local governments in turmoil as at least two dissolved
A third local government is in the spotlight over management issues in Western Australia, leaving residents disappointed and…
Calls for corruption probe into completion of mayor’s Surfers Paradise Bowls Club site purchase
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has purchased the final part of the Surfers Paradise Bowls Club site in…
Rotorua benefits from internet fibre rollout
It will provide fibre to 59 communities nationwide, including more than 1800 Rotorua households across Awahou, Gloucester Rd…