The saga of the New England Rail Trail has taken another turn, with bushfire recovery funding allocated to the project being pulled by the NSW Government.
Local politics
Posted inGlen Innes, Local Government Elections 2024
David Scott has been elected to Glen Innes Severn Council following a countback election
David Scott has been elected to Glen Innes Severn Council following a countback election conducted this week.
Posted inLocal News, Local politics
Country Mayors united by common challenges
United by common challenges, Country Mayors of NSW are standing together like never before following the annual general meeting.
Posted inGunnedah Shire, Local politics
Gunnedah pushes ahead with rates increase
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.
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.