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Councillors unanimously agreed with the call to bring in a Scotland-wide ban on the sale of single use vapes amid concerns about their impact on the environment,

Labour’s David McBride will put forward a motion to this week’s full meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council which calls for a protocol to be introduced that will minimise traffic management measures, ensure that work takes place every day that roadworks are in place to minimise disruption and examines the impact…

The federal government has spent $7.6 million on the prosecution of four whistleblowers, a Senate committee has heard.

One of the nation's highest-profile corporate whistleblowers has accused the federal government of "fiddling while Rome burns", labelling integrity reforms as hypocritical considering the Commonwealth is still pressing ahead with two prosecutions.

If these brave people are punished for doing the right thing, it will cloud the Albanese government’s legacy

Theresa Connolly has hit out at West Dunbartonshire Council after delays hit long-awaited works to refurbish the Leven Court common room, rendering it unusable.

Labour and the SNP both agreed that the proposals for a new changing facility at the former OLSP should be saved - with Councillor David McBride saying it was a commitment to the people of Dumbarton West.

WDC currently faces a budget black hole of more than £20million, with cost saving options due to be considered by members at Church Street this week including a 20 percent cut to general school budgets.

Recent developments in Australian whistleblowing cases have shown how critical it is to get our whistleblower protection laws back up to world standards.