Following an extensive community engagement process, Gunnedah Shire Council has made the difficult but necessary decision to proceed with a Special Rate Variation at an Extraordinary Meeting last week.
Local politics
Posted inInvestigation, Local Government Elections 2024, NSW Politics
All care, no responsibility: Minister ‘concerned’ but Electoral Commission denies problems
As the NSW Electoral Commission scrambles to defend its actions, the responsible minister has expressed ‘concern’ and kicked the problem to the tall grass of a parliamentary inquiry.
Posted inInvestigation, Local Government Elections 2024, NSW Politics
Moree Plains voting issues bigger than Toomelah
As we continue our investigation into what went wrong on election day in Toomelah, we found every single booth in the Moree Plains Shire Council election, as well as postal votes, had issues in the count.
Posted inInvestigation, Local Government Elections 2024, NSW Politics, Toomelah
The Toomelah in the Electoral System
Something went very wrong at Toomelah’s polling booth in the local government elections held on September 14. Like a canary in a coal mine, the abnormal election result at Toomelah may have revealed a much bigger problem state wide.
Posted inArmidale Regional, Local politics
ARC General Manager resigns
Armidale Regional Council General Manager James Roncon has resigned from his role, leaving on 10 January 2025 to make way for a new General Manager to drive the long-term vision of the newly elected Council.
Posted inGlen Innes, Local Government Elections 2024, Local politics
Another Mayor bites the dust: Banham quits GISC after losing 4-3
Less than 24 hours after Kate Dight rolled Paul Harmon as Mayor of Inverell Shire, Margot Davis defeated Rob Banham to be elected Mayor of Glen Innes Severn… and Banham promptly quit council entirely.
Posted inArmidale Regional, Inverell Shire, Local Government Elections 2024, Narrabri Shire, Tenterfield Shire, Walcha
Surprise twist as mayors start being elected
Five of the New England’s 12 councils have elected their Mayor and Deputy Mayor for the first two year term.
Posted inArmidale Regional, Local Government Elections 2024, Moree Plains Shire, Narrabri Shire, Toomelah
Voting irregularity in Toomelah may trigger Moree re-run
43 of Toomelah’s 187 residents, only 6 of whom do not identify as Aboriginal, showed up to vote on September 14. Only 3 had their votes counted.
Posted inLocal Government Elections 2024, Tamworth Regional
Tamworth Regional Council election results
The Greens have been elected to the Tamworth Regional Council. So has a guy previously endorsed by an anti-vaxxer organisation. And a few other ideological viewpoints in between. Incumbents Bede […]
Posted inLocal Government Elections 2024, Narrabri Shire
Narrabri Shire Council election results
A recount may not be out of the questions after a very unusual count in Narrabri saw 5 candidates elected on the last distribution