Liverpool Plains Shire Council has announced a former leadership executive, Cian Middleton, will return to LPSC as its new General Manager.
Local politics
Posted inEmergency management, Local politics, Moree
Moree’s draft flood plan still swimming
Moree Shire Council will continue to workshop the town’s Development Control Plan – Draft Flood Chapter, after it was tabled for adoption at last week’s council meeting.
Posted inGunnedah, Local politics
Gunnedah Shire seeks to improve DA and waste processes
Gunnedah Shire Council is looking to make their DA process easier and improve their waste management as part of improving their performance following the introduction of new ‘league tables’ introduced last year.
Posted inInverell, Local politics
Inverell Shire Council farewells Paul Harmon
Paul Harmon has announced his resignation from Inverell Shire Council, marking the conclusion of an extraordinary career in local government spanning over two decades.
Posted inLocal politics, Moree, Social issues and services
Strong leadership delivers smart choice to move Moree’s 50m pool
Moree Plains Shire Council has decided to give up on the current site of the 50m pool, and move ahead with a feasibility study of construction a new pool at Taylor Oval.
Posted inFederal Politics, Grants and funding, Local politics
Country Mayors urge Federal Government to restore critical Local Council funding
NSW Country Mayors Association is warning that declining financial support is placing rural and regional councils under extreme pressure.
Posted inLocal politics, Moree, Moree Plains Shire
Moree Plains Cr James alone in no confidence motion, award winning acting GM appointed
An attempted motion of no confidence in Mayor Susannah Pearse has spectacularly failed, in a meeting that unspectacularly revealed that the next acting GM of the Council is an award winning star financial manager fresh from Coffs Harbour.
Posted inGlen Innes Severn Shire, Local politics
“It stinks”: Glen Innes Severn Council’s decision to outsource recycling to Tweed leaves locals trucked off
A recent decision from the Glen Innes Severn Council (GISC) to terminate a longstanding partnership with local disability employer Glen Industries to manage locals’ curbside recycling has left locals confused, upset and in need of transparency.
Posted inInvestigation, Local Government Elections 2024, NSW Politics, Toomelah
Electoral commission computer steals 2230 New England votes
Every local government election conducted by the NSW Electoral Commission did not have their votes counted properly, with 30% of the New England votes a computer deemed to be informal able to be saved and counted.
Posted inArmidale, Federal Politics, Glen Innes, Local politics, NSW Politics
Confirmed: no approval for rail trail, line reactivation a possibility
The NSW Government owns the rail line, and they haven’t given anyone else permission to use it. Yet.