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Posted inAustralia Votes 2025, Indigenous, New England Electorate, Parkes Electorate

AEC work underway to ensure remote, Indigenous votes are counted

blankby RK CrosbyMarch 3, 2025March 9, 2025

Following electoral disaster in Toomelah at last year’s council election, the Australian Electoral Commission is pulling out all the stops to make sure that those who live remotely or in small villages have their vote counted.

Posted inLocal politics, Moree, Moree Plains Shire

Moree Plains Cr James alone in no confidence motion, award winning acting GM appointed

blankby RK CrosbyDecember 18, 2024

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 inInvestigation, Local Government Elections 2024, NSW Politics, Toomelah

Electoral commission computer steals 2230 New England votes

blankby RK CrosbyNovember 29, 2024

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 inInvestigation, Local Government Elections 2024, NSW Politics, Toomelah

The Toomelah in the Electoral System

blankby RK CrosbyOctober 21, 2024

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.

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