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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Madeline Link

Old school versus new school: should council meetings be face-to-face?

Lake Macquarie City Council councillor Brian Adamthwaite supported the idea of hybrid meetings. Picture by Marina Neil.

THEY MIGHT Google hangout and be part of Teams in an entirely new sense of the word - but the old guard at Lake Macquarie City Council has put its foot down a trial of GFH [Governing From Home] without a specific reason.

Across the state, councils have been given the option to adopt a hybrid meeting model - where individual councillors can join meetings remotely, opening the door to a situation where staff and the public could theoretically be the only ones physically in the room.

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