Charishma Kaliyanda--Liverpool, NSW councilor--discusses the toxic atmosphere at city council meetings right before she got elected. Plus, she explains how the New South Wales government is allowed to fire an entire city council! BONUS: Suicidal kangaroos? City Council Chronicles provides reviews of city council meetings from across the United States and Canada. Named a "Top 100 Local Government Influencer" in 2016 by ELGL.org. Link: https://councilchronicles.com/ Twitter: @michaelkarlik Intro music by http://www.bensound.com/. Graphic by Ben Wasserman @benwasserbad.

Voiceover by Andy Palmer (@andipalmur) of the Democracy Later podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/democracy-later/id1048842083?mt=2.

Additional music credits:

Echoes of Time v2 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300030
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Running Waters by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: http://audionautix.com/