Dozens of suspect ballots from last year’s Moreland City Council election will be made public in a move that might force thousands of voters back to the polls.
The bill for the compulsory local body elections in December is a near three-fold increase on previous elections.
A public inquiry won’t stop a group of independents from vying for election to local government in the Southern Highlands.
Lawyer and executive Shauna Jarrett says her focus is on winning the Liberal Party three or four seats on the City of Sydney council.
Controversial changes in 2014 that gave each business two votes have forced the council to bear the cost of maintaining a register of non-residential voters.
Fraud squad detectives have arrested and interviewed Milad El-Halabi,a Labor councillor who was elected to Moreland council last year amid a vote-tampering scandal.
A decision on whether to throw out election results in part of Moreland City Council is still months away,despite allegations of voter fraud.
As counting continued on Sunday evening,councillor Tony Williams held a healthy lead in both the official and unofficial count.
Ratepayers in parts of Sydney are frustrated by skyrocketing rates bills,while residents in nearby suburbs will have their rates slashed.
Victorian and Tasmanian unions have funnelled $200,000 of members'fees to the failed campaign of Labor aligned-candidate for Melbourne Town Hall,Jennifer Yang.
The Victorian Electoral Commission is seeking to have the election in the north-west ward of Moreland declared void after VCAT heard hundreds of ballot papers were fraudulently filled in.