Failure to launch:Inside the NSW Liberals’ slippery slope towards council nominations fiasco

Failure to launch:Inside the NSW Liberals’ slippery slope towards council nominations fiasco

While the Liberal Party’s NSW director Richard Shields attended the opening of a children’s playground on Wednesday,staff were “in meltdown” over a catastrophic failure to nominate council candidates before deadline.

  • byMichael Koziol

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Democracy manifest:The bikini entrepreneur who wants to be deputy lord mayor
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Democracy manifest:The bikini entrepreneur who wants to be deputy lord mayor

Multi-millionaire Triangl Swimwear co-founder Erin Deering is putting her hand up at the City of Melbourne council election. The first thing people say to her when they hear is,‘Why would you do that?’

  • byCara Waters
The innocuous vote that exposed the murky world of council donations

The innocuous vote that exposed the murky world of council donations

How a debate about an “ugly duckling” South Yarra apartment building offered a peek into the largely hidden world of campaign donations at City of Melbourne.

  • byCara Waters andRachael Dexter
Lord mayoral candidate Arron Wood promises rate freeze

Lord mayoral candidate Arron Wood promises rate freeze

The former deputy lord mayor thinks he might be “slightly looney” to be running for the city’s top job again,but he’s back and promising to freeze rates if he is elected to Town Hall.

  • byCara Waters
Jamal Hakim to run for Melbourne Lord Mayor and push to reveal donors
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Jamal Hakim to run for Melbourne Lord Mayor and push to reveal donors

Independent councillor says he won’t accept donations from property developers,tobacco companies,gambling companies or weapons companies.

  • byCara Waters
‘Chaotic,stressful’:Shocking Queensland council election fails revealed

‘Chaotic,stressful’:Shocking Queensland council election fails revealed

An unexpected crunch on March 16 forced voters to queue for up to three hours,while ballot paper shortages meant some didn’t vote at all,a new report reveals.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
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Three votes,Kouta:Carlton champ mulls run for Melbourne Lord Mayor
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Three votes,Kouta:Carlton champ mulls run for Melbourne Lord Mayor

Blues legend Anthony Koutoufides is weighing up a run for Lord Mayor of Melbourne in the upcoming October council elections.

  • byCara Waters andBroede Carmody
‘Inexcusable mistake’ forces redo of first Brisbane council meeting

‘Inexcusable mistake’ forces redo of first Brisbane council meeting

With election results finalised,Brisbane City Hall hosted its first gathering of new and old councillors. Except it was a false start.

  • byMatt Dennien
How the dust has settled on Queensland's council elections

How the dust has settled on Queensland's council elections

Three weeks on from the statewide vote,new faces are being sworn in and more than one-third of local government roles in the south-east have changed hands.

  • byMatt Dennien
The 48 hours that will see a political reset and an Olympic restart

The 48 hours that will see a political reset and an Olympic restart

By Monday night,Premier Steven Miles will have lost a seat in parliament,seen another become vulnerable,and been left to decide whether Brisbane can even afford an Olympic stadium.

  • bySean Parnell
LNP confident of majority rule in City Hall,despite potential losses

LNP confident of majority rule in City Hall,despite potential losses

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner is confident he will not have to contend with a hostile council chamber,as the LNP remained on track to win a majority in City Hall.

  • byCameron Atfield