Advocates say that unproven charges such as those against councillors at Hepburn Shire, triggering automatic stand-down laws, can bring any other council across the state to a shuddering halt.
Climbing Victoria says proposed changes to the Mount Arapiles Dyurrite management plan will be a compromise between climbers and traditional owners built on "trust".
A Victorian community group promised its local shire a new pool would not cost it money once it was built. In less than three months, the promise was broken.
