Liverpool Council says the state government has backed down on its suspension threat and elections will go ahead next Saturday. Earlier this year, Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig threatened to suspend councillors after a report found allegations of widespread dysfunction at the organisation....
The article reports on the recommendation of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) to suspend a local government councillor from office due to engagement in corruption, relative to the local elections in September 2012. It states that the western Sydney, New South Wales councillor ...
Justice Robert Beech-Jones ruled that all grounds had failed. He said any consideration about the reasonableness of orders should be undertaken by reference to the objects of the public health act, which were "directed exclusively at public safety". The judge found that if an order was ...
The four NSW byelections held on Saturday were something of a mini-election, being spread across widely different areas of the state. They were in seats ranging from safe to marginal and involved all the major parties. Willoughby was a safe Liberal seat (requiring a swing of 21 per cent to...