I’ve just finished compiling my list of the 1402 candidates running for council or mayor in the 24 most populous councils, the ones featured in my election guide. Unfortunately the NSWEC has not published a single dataset with all of the candidate details, so it wasn’t really practical to do an analysis of the whole state. Instead I’ve just focused on those 24 councils.
Nominations for the NSW local government elections closed on Wednesday, with the ballot draw held yesterday.
The Liberal Party, who had been steadily increasing their presence in local government for the last few decades, has withdrawn from seven councils, while Labor and the Greens have also declined in their presence.
Nominations for the NSW local government elections closed on Wednesday, with the ballot draw held yesterday.
The Liberal Party, who had been steadily increasing their presence in local government for the last few decades, has withdrawn from seven councils, while Labor and the Greens have also declined in their presence.
When 127 NSW local councils go to the polls over the coming weeks, most voters will just get to vote for their local councillors on one ballot. Some others will also get a ballot for a referendum or poll, but there’s also a minority of councils where voters will get a direct say over their mayor.
When 127 NSW local councils go to the polls over the coming weeks, most voters will just get to vote for their local councillors on one ballot. Some others will also get a ballot for a referendum or poll, but there’s also a minority of councils where voters will get a direct say over their mayor.
Ben is joined by Tina Brown, editor of the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Post, to discuss the council elections in Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai.
Ku-ring-gai in particular has been one of the most dramatic councils in Sydney, with a 5-5 deadlock on the council being resolved by the outcome of drawing a name out of a hat for the mayoral election.
The final boundaries for the Victorian state redistribution were released last Thursday. It’s taken me a few days but I’ve now finished making my new map and updating my redistribution estimates.
This is the second episode in our NSW local council election series.
Today I’m joined by Anthony Caruso, political analyst for Triple H FM radio, a community radio station in northern Sydney.
I have been limiting my focus for the upcoming NSW council elections on the 25 most populous councils, 24 of which have elections this year.
Amongst these councils, one council stands out from the rest: Ku-ring-gai.
It’s the only council where none of the major parties run. It’s also the only council which uses 2-member wards. 15 of these 25 councils use 3-member wards, with the other nine either having no wards at all or using wards of greater magnitude.
Australia has a party system. Each state has its own party system, which usually closely resembles the federal system but with its own variety. And in many local councils a local party system exists. It may have familiar features, but each works a bit differently, and in many places has evolved to have differences from how people vote at a state and federal level.