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The Guardian - AU
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Ariel Bogle and Adeshola Ore

Disruptions by conspiracists forced some Victorian councils online. Will they affect local elections?

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Composite image featuring a photo of the Melbourne CBD skyline set behind the Latrobe Valley
Melbourne CBD/Latrobe Valley. A former Latrobe mayor says: ‘Our mines are to be closed, our timber industry is to be halved … people are disappointed in their political representatives and these people play to that.’ Composite: The Guardian / AAP

Graeme Middlemiss has seen the impact that fringe groups can have on local government.

The councillor in Latrobe City, based in the heart of Victoria’s former logging country in the valley it is named for, watched last year as meetings were temporarily forced to move online. There was “disruptive behaviour” as crowds grew.

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