Trouble in paradise:The 24 hours that left Byron mayor’s election campaign in disarray

Trouble in paradise:The 24 hours that left Byron mayor’s election campaign in disarray

Michael Lyon’s day started with a testy exchange before a marathon meeting. It ended with the police at his house over a “domestic incident”.

  • byCatherine Naylor

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The one thing Clover Moore said that turned everyone against her

The one thing Clover Moore said that turned everyone against her

The lord mayor was heckled by a fiery crowd as she fought to defend her city-shaping legacy during a debate about the state of Oxford Street.

  • byAnthony Segaert
Revealed:The secret timetable that could have stopped the NSW Liberals’ council fiasco

Revealed:The secret timetable that could have stopped the NSW Liberals’ council fiasco

Secret documents reveal internal party squabbling slowed down a Liberal Party push to be organised ahead of the local government elections.

  • byMax Maddison
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
Henskens survives NSW Liberals’ crisis talks after text message revelations

Henskens survives NSW Liberals’ crisis talks after text message revelations

The decision to keep the shadow attorney-general on the frontbench came with the party engulfed in crisis over the failure to nominate 140 candidates in the September 14 council elections.

  • byMax Maddison
‘Unbelievable’:Clover’s council slashes outdoor dining hours at hotspot pub

‘Unbelievable’:Clover’s council slashes outdoor dining hours at hotspot pub

The discovery of stray kegs on the footpath has led the City of Sydney to order a Woolloomooloo venue to shut its popular outdoor area at 8pm.

  • byMichael Koziol
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Blow-ins leave Byron under the influence
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Blow-ins leave Byron under the influence

While the going gets rough on the luge.

Electoral Commission refuses Liberal request for extension to nominate candidates

Electoral Commission refuses Liberal request for extension to nominate candidates

The party is considering its position overnight and will respond on Sunday,possibly by taking the Electoral Commission to court.

  • byMichael Koziol
Is a husband a ‘close associate’? Council hopeful caught out on property developer declaration

Is a husband a ‘close associate’? Council hopeful caught out on property developer declaration

A candidate for Ku-ring-gai Council declared herself not a property developer,nor a close associate of one. But on Facebook,her husband said otherwise.

  • byAnthony Segaert
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