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Margot Davis

Posted inEditorial

On psychosocial risk and politics

14 June 202512 September 2025

EDITORIAL: We’ve had to change the way we cover councils because it has become too toxic, so we’re joining the call for more funding for councils.

Posted inPolitical, Regional

An Open Letter to the Prime Minister – When the Bush Pays for the City’s Silence

5 June 20255 July 2025

Glen Innes Severn Mayor Margot Davis has written an open letter to the PM calling for urgent action to fix the shortage of funding for councils, and end the hateful online abuse that results from the SRV process.

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