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.
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?’
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.
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.
Independent councillor says he won’t accept donations from property developers,tobacco companies,gambling companies or weapons companies.
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.
Blues legend Anthony Koutoufides is weighing up a run for Lord Mayor of Melbourne in the upcoming October council elections.
With election results finalised,Brisbane City Hall hosted its first gathering of new and old councillors. Except it was a false start.
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.
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.
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.