Australia’s longest-serving mayor on track for sixth term

Clover Moore said she was “delighted” at the result.

15 September, 2024

Labor’s adventures in TV land: Shorten’s ‘white Australia’, Dastyari’s $1m house hunt

Accusations of racism and snobbery.

9 May, 2017

Not even CensusFail turns Australians off e-voting

Australia Post election survey.

31 March, 2017

Council merger protestor to contest Skinner’s North Shore seat

Could Orange by-election shock repeat itself?

6 March, 2017

Lessons from the iVote report

Paper audits crucial.

1 August, 2016

Calls to slash pre-polling to just three days

The march of early voting.

11 July, 2016

Is it time for Australia to embrace electronic voting?

Pre-polling must change: expert.

5 July, 2016

Local government’s shopping list for the 2016 election

What councils really want from the new PM.

14 June, 2016

ATO wage deal rejected, Jordan boots failed APS bargaining into long grass

Caretaker mode bites.

5 May, 2016

Experts reap $1500 a day for NSW council merger public inquiries

Merger savings shrink as legal fees bite.

29 March, 2016

Can agencies finalise pay deals in Caretaker period? Er, we’ll get back to you, says APSC

Election countdown continues.

24 March, 2016

APS industrial battle sidelined by Turnbull’s early election punt

PM blanks bargaining question.

22 March, 2016

Margaret de Wit elected LGAQ President

By Paul Hemsley Brisbane City Councillor Margaret de Wit has defeated Fraser Coast Mayor Gerard O’Connell to secure the presidency of the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ). The win means Ms de Wit has become the first female president of the LGAQ in its 116 year history and her agenda will involve cutting back […]

25 October, 2012

Penrith Council highlights importance of jobs

The New South Wales Government has been issued a warning by Penrith Council to take action to ensure the City doesn’t run out of jobs.Penrith Council has warned the State government that it could return to the dark old days when the western suburbs were ‘dormitory suburbs’.   “In the 1970s, Penrith City was home […]

4 March, 2011