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Latrobe City Mayor takes on Chair of Gippsland Local Government Network

Latrobe City Mayor, Councillor Tony Hanning, has taken on the position of Chair of the Gippsland Local Government Network, at a handover meeting in Bairnsdale last Friday.

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