Several South Australian regional councils are facing uncertain futures after a lack of nominations for elected member and mayoral positions in the local government elections. Key points: Several regional South Australian councils do not have enough elected member nominees to form a quorum The Local Government elections are scheduled to take place in November Impacted councils will need to run …
A regional SA council has cut ties with its chief executive officer, despite him having a year to go on his contract. Key points: Jason Taylor was appointed to the CEO role in 2018 Council says it wants a change of leadership to coincide with November's local elections It comes after the council made public a $50,000 legal overspend for …
A regional South Australian mayor says conflict of interest matters are a "complicated issue", after one of his councillors was found to have breached the Local Government Act several times. Key points: Southern Mallee councillor Andrew Grieger was found to have made several conflict of interest breaches Many of the breaches involved Mr Grieger's presidency of a community progress group …