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Municipal monitors installed at Kingston

22/08/2025

Kingston Council is set to be under the watch of two Municipal Monitors – though the reason for the intervention appears to be a mystery. The State Government announced on 22 August it was installing John Tanner AM and a yet-to-be-announced second person as monitors…

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