Podcasts about councillors

共同記者会見に臨む立憲民主党の大串博志代表代行、自民党の逢沢一郎選挙制度調査会長ら、２７日午前、国会内与野党７党は２７日、参院選を前に、ＳＮＳ上で流れる偽・誤情報や誹謗中傷に対策を取るようプラットフォーム事業者に努力を求める声明を発表した。 Japanese ruling and opposition parties on Friday asked digital platformers to take measures against disinformation, misinformation and defamation on social media ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election.

Japanese ruling and opposition parties on Friday asked digital platformers to take measures against disinformation, misinformation and defamation on social media ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election.

参院選公約を発表する公明党の斉藤鉄夫代表、２６日午後、国会内公明党は２６日、７月の参院選で掲げる公約を発表し、生活応援のため減税と給付を組み合わせた物価高対策を掲げた。 Komeito on Thursday vowed to take measures tackling high prices that combine tax cuts and benefits to support people's daily life, as part of its campaign pledges for the upcoming House of Councillors election.

首相官邸に入る石破茂首相、２６日午前、東京・永田町石破茂首相は参院選が公示される７月３日の第一声を、兵庫県内で行う調整に入った。 Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is expected to give his first election speech for the July 20 election for the House of Councillors in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on July 3, a government official said Thursday.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is expected to give his first election speech for the July 20 election for the House of Councillors in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on July 3, a government official said Thursday.

Komeito on Thursday vowed to take measures tackling high prices that combine tax cuts and benefits to support people's daily life, as part of its campaign pledges for the upcoming House of Councillors election.

The bulk of district councillors in New Plymouth have voted to draw a line in the sand and oppose seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight. Amanda Clinton-Gohdes is the councillor who tabled the motion, and she spoke to Corin Dann.

We are back on Spotify.We're proud to present yet another independent live recording this week featuring our new look Cheshire Matters. WE'RE BACK once again with your favourite 'digital' pub with discussions from the 'quirky three', filled with satire, humour (and more than a dash of sarcasm) featuring your absolutely fabulous, amazingly brilliant, witty and ridiculously talented 'Ab Fab', the delicious, delightful and delovely digital pub landlord (with the great hair do) podcast host Jonathan Starkey, with regular panelists Trevor Nicholls (the Gazelle) and Mark Hartley (Stats Man). With host Ab Fab and the great Stats Man we're discussing the Government decision to proscribe Palestine Action for their attack on Brize Norton. This is a must listen to for everyone worldwide but also residents in Cheshire, MPs, councils and Councillors in Cheshire and all other public officials (in case we don't survive another week in the UK). Hope all public officials in authority are enhanced DBS checked? Cheshire Matters will be checking up on you. You don't really know who in public office you can trust these days!!!!!!!Join us for our often humorous but sometimes serious commentary and insights on these subjects and more from the best digital pub with the best and most deliciously witty digital pub landlord in the UK (the guest panellists, apart from Stats and the Gazelle, are extremely minor entities along for the ride).Opening and Closing Music - Moving On © and ℗ JMN 2015Another absolutely brilliant (and we mean absolutely brilliant and better than anything else that jumps out of your phone from Cheshire and beyond) JMN production for Cheshire Matters.DisclaimerAt the time of recording and publishing Cheshire Matters believes all information relayed to be correct to the best of our knowledge. Views of guests are not necessarily the views of Cheshire Matters. Any information and opinions given are not intended to cause any non-trivial, psychological or physical harm to a likely audience.

WE'RE BACK on Spotify once again with another livestream of your favourite 'digital' pub with discussions from the 'quirky' team, filled with satire, humour (and more than a dash of sarcasm) featuring your absolutely fabulous, amazingly brilliant, witty and ridiculously talented 'Ab Fab', the delicious, delightful and delovely digital pub landlord (with the great hair do) podcast host Jonathan Starkey, with regular panelists Trevor Nicholls (the Gazelle) and Mark Hartley (Stats Man). With your fabulous host Ab Fab and the great Stats Man discussing current affairs.Tonight we're discussing attacks on Iran from Israel and the USA and the chaos that is 'Gimmigrants' in the UK.This is a must listen to for everyone worldwide but also residents in Cheshire, MPs, councils and Councillors in Cheshire and all other public officials (in case we don't survive another week in the UK). Hope all public officials in authority are enhanced DBS checked? Cheshire Matters will be checking up on you. You don't really know who in public office you can trust these days!!!!!!!Join us for our often humorous but sometimes serious commentary and insights on these subjects and more from the best digital pub with the best and most deliciously witty digital pub landlord in the UK (the guest panellists, apart from Stats and the Gazelle, are extremely minor entities along for the ride).Opening and Closing Music - Moving On © and ℗ JMN 2015Another absolutely brilliant (and we mean absolutely brilliant and better than anything else that jumps out of your phone from Cheshire and beyond) JMN production for Cheshire Matters.DisclaimerAt the time of recording and publishing Cheshire Matters believes all information relayed to be correct to the best of our knowledge. Views of guests are not necessarily the views of Cheshire Matters. Any information and opinions given are not intended to cause any non-trivial, psychological or physical harm to a likely audience.

Fresh from a brief technical gremlin wrestling session Faith and Val warm up the mikes by sharing their bike moments. We check in on our Radiothon fundrasing target and remind everyone of the different ways they can make a donation to keep 3CR and Yarra BUG Radio on air! If you'd like to make a donation you can do so here: https://www.givenow.com.au/cr/yarrabugradioshow Every litlle bit helps! We recap events at the Future Melbourne Commitee's Draft Budget submiissions hearing last week where 179 people registed to speak to their submissions to the CoM budget, particularly the bike lane budget. With over 1450 submissions calling for the bike lane budget to be increased to the levels of the last term, it was a long night! You can watch the meeting here You can read more about the City of Melbourne bike lane budget (including a detailed analysis of the spin around bike lane funding) here. Bicycle Network are calling on everyone to email Councillors and ask them to increase the funding. We finish up with a reminder that Melburn Roobaix is on this weekend. While ticket sales have finished, there IS a Surly Side Quest on Saturday for which tickets are still available!  

 -00.33 Joe Cooney TD for Fine Gael talking in the Dail about derelict and vacant homes scheme. -05.17 Mary Coughlan was one of the headline acts of this years Mountshannon Arts Festival. After her performance at the festival she sat down and spoke to Fiona Levie of SBCR. -11.50 Fiona Levie spoke to local Councillors and TDs as well as some of the locals at the opening of the Killaloe Ballina bypass that took place recently. Originally broadcast  14th June 2025

House of Councillors lawmaker Yasuhiko Funago, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, held a press conference on Tuesday and announced his intention not to seek another term in this summer's Upper House election and to retire from politics. At the press conference in the Diet building, a statement prepared by Funago, 67, also deputy leader of the opposition Reiwa Shinsengumi party, was read using the automatic speech function of a personal computer, as he is unable to use his own voice. Episode notes: ‘Reiwa Shinsengumi Lawmaker with ALS to Retire': https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/06/18/reiwa-shinsengumi-lawmaker-with-als-to-retire/

記者団の取材に応じる石破茂首相、１３日午後、首相官邸石破茂首相は１３日、夏の参院選公約に全国民への２万円給付を盛り込むと表明した。 Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that his ruling party will include a plan to provide all citizens with 20,000 yen in benefits in its campaign promises for this summer's election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that his ruling party will include a plan to provide all citizens with 20,000 yen in benefits in its campaign promises for this summer's election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament.

Janet Gatehouse, Mayor of Sorell Council, calls Kaz and Tubes to plug a fundraising event for the South East Salvos tomorrow.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Japanese opposition Democratic Party for the People has scrapped its plan to field former lawmaker Shiori Yamao in this summer's election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet.

夏の参院選比例代表に擁立を予定していた山尾志桜里元衆院議員について、公認決定見送りを表明する国民民主党の玉木雄一郎代表、１１日午後、国会内国民民主党は１１日の両院議員総会で、夏の参院選比例代表に擁立を予定していた山尾志桜里元衆院議員について、公認決定を見送ることを決めた。 The Japanese opposition Democratic Party for the People has scrapped its plan to field former lawmaker Shiori Yamao in this summer's election for the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet.

Is being a municipal councillor a part-time job? Guest: Tim Baillie, Councillor of Langley Township How a robot named Gina gave a BC woman her life back Guest: Dr. Timothy Kostamo, Division Head of Orthopedics at Burnaby Hospital Will the Nechako be a big river again? Guest: Lyana Patrick, Director of Nechako: It Will Be A Big River Again Why do we forget our childhood memories? Guest: Dr. Sarah Power, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Lifespan Psychology at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development Weekly Cecchini Check-In Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest on the Trump tariff trade war! BC is strengthening its response to further combat Downtown street-crime. Will this work? A government accountability watchdog is calling for the end of free concert tickets (and other gifts) for city councillors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's one of the curious things about the structure of modern liberal democracies. Whether its sharemarkets or political cycles or even media coverage, a lot of the big forces that shape our society are influenced by short-term incentives. It gets us into all sorts of pickles. Take the Three Waters and the crisis with water infrastructure in New Zealand. The main reason we find ourselves with a vast infrastructure deficit is because for decades, heaps of local councils haven't properly invested to maintain the pipes. Why didn't they invest? Simple. Investment takes money and money means rates. And with woeful levels of engagement with local body elections, big rates increases and pledges to spend millions on water infrastructure that no one could see or appreciate weren't exactly vote-winners. Councillors who wanted to be re-elected have been incentivised to defer spending for the future. Someone else's problem. Predictably, of course, it snowballed. I think we risk the same thing with the aging population and the future of superannuation in New Zealand. We know that in a few short years, as more baby-boomers retire, the cost for superannuation combined with the impact of an older population on the health system is going to massively increase pressure on the Government books. Treasury has been warning about it for ages. There are going to be fewer of us of working age supporting more of us who are retired. And yet since the advent of KiwiSaver, there have been very few big steps to address the fast-approaching meteorite. I'm pleased to see the Government move on Kiwisaver contributions in the Budget this week. It's well overdue in my opinion, and although it'll be a burden for a lot of businesses in the short term, I'd personally support steps that encouraged a greater rate of retirement saving in the future. It occurs to me that a massively underrated component in the Australia vs New Zealand equation is superannuation. Saving for super is compulsory in Australia. But not only are wages higher across the ditch, in six weeks, the compulsory employer rate goes to 12%. I'm not suggesting we instantly introduce a 12% rate here – businesses would be driven into the ground. But it's interesting to note that in Australia, for most workers, the tax on employer contributions is much lower than that in New Zealand. In the next few decades, Australians are set to retire with hundreds of thousands of dollars more than their New Zealand counterparts. I turn 65 in 27 years. I have no expectation that superannuation in its current form will exist by the time I get there. I have a sense of fatalism about the whole thing. It feels inevitable that I'll be paying for older generations to enjoy universal super, only for the settings to finally change once I'm on the home straight to 65. I do find one thing about the Government's move this week particularly curious. They've opened the door to means-testing KiwiSaver. Those who earn more than $180,000 won't receive the Government contribution. I don't claim to know what the best solution is. But there will be many working New Zealanders wondering, this week... if means-testing KiwiSaver benefits is acceptable, why shouldn't superannuation be means-tested too? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A meeting has heard that all of West Clare's elected representatives must act as ambassadors to attract industry into the struggling part of the county. Quilty Fianna Fáil Councillor Michael Shannon is calling for an assessment to be carried out of vacant commercial property in the Kilrush local electoral area. The latest Geodirectory report has found that Kilrush has with a whole 24.% of its units vacant, Kilrush has the ninth-highest commercial vacancy rate in the country. Councillor Shannon says once the figures are known, work can begin to attract businesses into existing premises.

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Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Chris Brown charged over alleged London nightclub assault Billingham teen Bella Culley faces months in Georgia jail Israel qualifies for Eurovision final amid protests Decades long mystery of ginger cats revealed PMs Albania trip shows tricky path on migration Met Police appeal after mutilated kittens found in Ickenham Man charged over fires at homes linked to PM Keir Starmer Ukraine to attend peace talks as US says Trump and Putin needed for breakthrough Farage is running a cult, says ex Reform MP Rupert Lowe Councillors wife appeals against jail term for Southport tweet

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Billingham teen Bella Culley faces months in Georgia jail Man charged over fires at homes linked to PM Keir Starmer Councillors wife appeals against jail term for Southport tweet PMs Albania trip shows tricky path on migration Decades long mystery of ginger cats revealed Israel qualifies for Eurovision final amid protests Chris Brown charged over alleged London nightclub assault Farage is running a cult, says ex Reform MP Rupert Lowe Ukraine to attend peace talks as US says Trump and Putin needed for breakthrough Met Police appeal after mutilated kittens found in Ickenham

A proposal to give iwi first right of refusal on surplus council property sales in Horowhenua is being labelled unfair and divisive. The policy amendment —brought by a group of councillors— would effectively see iwi offered council property at market value before it's listed publicly. Horowhenua district councillor Sam Jennings told Mike Hosking he's against it and doesn't like that it's been kept behind closed doors until now. He doesn't like the idea of inserting privilege into council policy. The proposal will be voted on tomorrow. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

講演する自民党の森山裕幹事長、１１日、鹿児島市自民党の森山裕幹事長、立憲民主党の野田佳彦代表は１１日、夏の参院選について、消費税減税の是非が争点になるとの見方をそれぞれ示した。 Whether to lower the consumption tax rate would be a campaign issue in this summer's election of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of Japan's parliament, key members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan have said.

We now know who has been chosen as the new leader of Kent County Council after Reform UK won last week's local election.The party has 57 seats at the authority and all of those councillors gathered last night to choose who will be in charge.They decided on Linden Kemkaran who was elected last week to represent Maidstone South East.A Kent mum who has been left with long-term mobility issues after breaking her neck has been telling the podcast how she's been denied a Blue Badge.Bev Evans from Wateringbury was badly injured after falling down her stairs in 2020 and now struggles to walk. She's been speaking out in support of our campaign calling for Blue Badge reform.Next time you're at Bluewater shopping centre, have a listen out if you pop to the toilets as you may hear a thought provoking message from a child.Young actors have voiced real life experiences of children to highlight the impact of hygiene poverty.Kent Wildlife Trust has submitted an offer to buy 36 acres of countryside in Lamberhurst.It's part of plans to convert Hoathly Farm into a nature haven creating a corridor linking vital habitats.And in sport, Kent's cricketers will be looking to bounce back from their first defeat of the season as they take on Glamorgan in the county championship.It follows a two wicket loss at Middlesex last time out.

自民、公明両党の幹事長、国対委員長は７日、東京都内で会談し、夏の参院選までに新たな経済対策を策定すべきだとの考えで一致した。 Senior officials of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito agreed Wednesday that new economic measures should be drawn up before this summer's House of Councillors election.

May 1st will see 23 local elections, 4 metro mayor elections, and one by-election. But, who are the runners and riders? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

記者会見する立憲民主党の野田佳彦代表、２５日午後、国会内立憲民主党は２５日、臨時の執行役員会を国会内で開き、夏の参院選公約で、食料品にかかる消費税率を１年間０％にすることを掲げる方針を決めた。 The leading opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan adopted Friday a proposal to cut the consumption tax rate on food items to 0percentagefor a year, as part of its campaign pledges for this summer's House of Councillors election.

It's claimed the trust between Clare County Council and its elected members has been shattered following the purchase of two "special interest sites" at the Cliffs of Moher for over €8m. The purchase was made by the local authority in 2023, however most councillors only found about the deal this week after it was published in a government audit of the council. The council has stated that the purchase was key to the successful implementation of the Cliffs of Moher 2040 Strategy, which has not been adopted by councilors. Lisdoonvarna Fine Gael Councillor Joe Garrihy has been telling Clare FM's Daragh Dolan that the auditor will be asked to appear before their next meeting to get to the bottom of the issue and ensure its never repeated.

PJ talks to Ger whose beautiful daughter Lilly loves beaches thanks to the wheelchairs already there as Councillors in Cork County Council call for a wider rollout Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shannon's elected representatives have vowed to block any future proposals that would decrease staffing and resources at the town's fire station. Clare County Council will submit the 2025 to 2030 Fire and Emergency Operations Plan to councillors for consideration later this year and it's believed this will recommend manning Shannon with 12 personnel rather than 15. This is based on a recent risk assessment, and a petition to prevent such a move has so far gathered over 1,600 signatures. Cathaoirleach of the Shannon Municipal District Fianna Fáil Councillor Pat O'Gorman, says services are already overstretched.

The Government has been accused of tying Clare councillors' hands behind their backs. Shannon Municipal District councillors have expressed their disappointment following the revelation that the area's roads maintenance budget has been slashed by 7% this year. Of the €27 million countywide budget, over €3 million is from the local authority's own resources, and Clare County Council Senior Engineer Cyril Feeney has claimed this should be closer to €6 million due to construction inflation. Cathaoirleach of Shannon Municipal District, Cratloe Fianna Fáil Councillor Pat O'Gorman, believes councillors should have a greater role in deciding budgets for their areas.

Cork City Council had a meeting with representatives of Uisce Éireann last night but no public or press was allowed in. Paul Byrne gets the story from Cllrs Noel O'Flynn and Ted Tynan who were there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paul takes calls from people reacting to last night's meeting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's claimed West Clare has been left in a spiral of playing catch up when it comes to its roads network. Although the Kilrush Electoral Area's schedule of works budget has been increased by 40% this year to €8.5m, the majority of this will go towards local and regional roads. Transport Infrastructure Ireland, meanwhile, has recently allocated Clare just over €2m for works on national roads, but none of this has been ringfenced for the west of the county. Cathaoirleach of the West Clare Municipal District Councillor Rita McInerney says the most important roads are being ignored.

Ennis's local representatives have described a cut to the area's roads funding for this year as "unacceptable". Both the county town and Shannon will have less money to put towards roads maintenance in 2025, while the county's other municipal districts have seen their level of funding increase. Clare County Council has revealed that its total roads maintenance budget this year is €27.44 million which is up 12% on 2024. The budget is supplemented by various Government funding streams, while a total of €3.21 million comes from the local authority's own resources. The increased funding is welcome given that newly-released figures show the county's roads maintenance works have gone over budget by €2.42 million in the last three years, with 2024's works alone going €1.48 million over budget. While the Killaloe, Kilrush and Ennistymon municipal districts have each had their funding boosted this year, Ennis and Shannon's allocation's have been cut by 12% and 7%, respectively. Clarecastle Sinn Féin Councillor Tommy Guilfoyle insists the Government should be giving local authorities' more resources to bring their roads up to an acceptable standard.

Auckland councillors voted 17-2 with one abstention to endorse a staged redevelopment of Eden Park over a waterfront stadium. Councillors Shane Henderson, who supported the Eden Park redevelopment, and Chris Darby, who opposed it spoke to Corin Dann.

Auckland Council staff say neither proposal for a new or upgraded "main stadium" is viable. Councillors will decide on Thursday whether to endorse upgrades to Eden Park or a new stadium by the waterfront. But advisors have reviewed the options and can't recommend either. Felix Walton has more.

There's a belief the bigger problem with Auckland's stadiums is not having the right sized venues. Councillors are set to vote tomorrow on whether to back Eden Park 2-point-1 or build a new Quay Park site. The latter project can be scaled down to 20-thousand for smaller events, from 50-thousand for big ones. But Rugby World Cup 2011 chief executive Martin Snedden told Mike Hosking they can't keep putting smaller events like test cricket into big stadiums. He says even if they build the new stadium and it gets five-thousand people to smaller games, they'll have the same problem. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Auckland Councillors are due to vote on two competing projects to be Auckland's main stadium today - but advice from Council staff is that neither is a viable option without significant public funding.

Streets are becoming toilets and rubbish pits.That was one resident's message to Queenstown Lake District Councillors in a call for the council to crackdown on freedom campers. Councillors voted to pursue a new freedom camping bylaw at a meeting this afternoon.The old 2021 bylaw was quashed by the High Court last year. Anna Sargent reports.