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 ...
The Coalition must be relieved that the swings were not as high as some of the recent punishing rebukes administered to long-term governments. 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 se...
As firefighters have battled blazes in that region for nearly two weeks, 53 homes have been destroyed in the community, which is home to about 2,000 people, compared to 49 across the state in 2019. Paul McVeigh, mayor of Western Downs Regional ...