Victorian council elections

Victorian council elections

Victorians have voted in council elections. Find out the results in your area and what the make-up of the local council means for you.

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Rip up the bike lanes:Liberals launch Melbourne mayoral bid

Rip up the bike lanes:Liberals launch Melbourne mayoral bid

The party’s candidate,Mariam Riza,says the city needs to be easier for people to access. She instead wants more lanes for traffic and new parking spaces.

  • byCara Waters
It cost $148,000 to find no one broke the rules at this Sydney council

It cost $148,000 to find no one broke the rules at this Sydney council

At Cumberland City Council,the site of an ugly debate over books about same-sex parents,councillors raised 84 code of conduct complaints against each other.

  • byAnthony Segaert
Something bigger beckons for Georgia Ryburn after Liberals’ council mess

Something bigger beckons for Georgia Ryburn after Liberals’ council mess

The NSW Liberals had hoped Georgia Ryburn would be Northern Beaches mayor before the party’s nomination snafu. Now there are bigger plans afoot.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Lord mayor candidate says he will axe ‘flawed’ green walking trail

Lord mayor candidate says he will axe ‘flawed’ green walking trail

Arron Wood has vowed to scrap former lord mayor Sally Capp’s passion project,a green walking track through the city,and fund new parks and gardens instead.

  • byHenrietta Cook
From bike lanes to business help,what the lord mayor candidates promise for Melbourne

From bike lanes to business help,what the lord mayor candidates promise for Melbourne

The race for the next lord mayor of Melbourne is under way. The Age has interviewed the candidates and outlined their key policies and vision.

  • byCara Waters
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‘Irresistible for developers’:The lord mayor’s plan to turn offices into apartments
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‘Irresistible for developers’:The lord mayor’s plan to turn offices into apartments

Ageing office buildings in Melbourne’s CBD could be converted into thousands of new apartments under a new proposal by Lord Mayor Nick Reece.

  • byCara Waters
Hapless and shameless NSW Liberal Party resorts to Trump-like denialism and blame-shifting
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Hapless and shameless NSW Liberal Party resorts to Trump-like denialism and blame-shifting

The idea that the Liberal Party would take up valuable court time to remedy its own stuff-up is an insult to taxpayers and voters.

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What ‘Kouta’ has planned if he becomes lord mayor – and why he’s not playing the footy card

What ‘Kouta’ has planned if he becomes lord mayor – and why he’s not playing the footy card

Anthony Koutoufides said he was committed to bringing Melbourne “back alive”,taking aim at the work-from-home culture,planning permits,bike lanes and car parking.

  • bySophie Aubrey
The path to parliament runs through councils. Here’s why the Liberal blunder matters

The path to parliament runs through councils. Here’s why the Liberal blunder matters

The local government nomination debacle has possibly derailed what could have been the next generation of NSW parliamentarians for at least four years.

  • byKayla Olaya
Class action on cards after NSW Liberal Party council poll catastrophe

Class action on cards after NSW Liberal Party council poll catastrophe

The NSW Liberals sacked state director Richard Shields after a catastrophic blunder left the party without 140 candidates in 16 councils for next month’s local government elections.

  • byMax Maddison andAlexandra Smith