Could have given you some awesome brochures a colleague made for councillors about impacts of climate change on council business.
The Mildura Mayor is quite capable of holding public positions for his constituency but talking frankly behind the scenes. You don't get to be elected Mayor seven times without a degree of political adroitness.
That was the sense I got, too. I was a bit worried beforehand, mostly because the Council staff seemed to be.
Clare - will definitely note that for future reference.