Andrew Thaler is accused of violating an official order to stop threatening and offending colleagues in a campaign of “deliberate,calculated chaos”.
Local councillor Andrew Thaler is accused of harassment,intimidation,name-calling – and making one worker physically ill with stress.
Major projects related to the Aerotropolis precinct and large housing developments have been threatened,while a damning report also highlights a “toxic culture” within the council.
Despite the severe housing crisis,Sydney councils are spending an inordinate amount of time and energy plotting mergers and demergers they can’t afford.
It was 10 days before Christmas. The tiny town of Adaminaby had gathered to celebrate the 50th birthday of a giant fibreglass trout. But what they saw that day left them horrified.
As councillors vote on plans to overturn a ban on a children’s book about same-sex parents,protesters are due to gather outside council chambers.
Ku-ring-gai mayor Sam Ngai has come under fire from the planning minister for making a legal challenge to the state’s new laws.
Parramatta’s lord mayor says the state government was right to take away some planning powers – and local councils urgently need further reforms.
Inner West Council’s commercial dog walking policy had sought to charge walkers $552 a year for using council land.
New laws will clamp down on councillor misconduct before the 2024 local government elections.