John Stamolis News Today

The NSW Boundaries Commission has rejected the Inner West Council's bid to deamalgamate despite 62.5% of residents voting to do so. Peter Boyle reports. 

The NSW government says it has “no intention” to change how lanes are configured on Sydney’s Anzac Bridge despite fury from residents stuck in traffic.

Residents across the inner west showed their support for changes to the New South Wales Local Government Act, which would respect residents views on council demergers. Pip Hinman reports.

When Brisbane’s councils merged into a single entity in 1924, it was applauded as sensible. But what have we gained and lost in the “great experiment”?

During debate in the Inner West Council (IWC) on December 6 over whether to send a deficient demerger business case to the New South Wales government, Labor Mayor Darcy Byrne told the Greens and Independent councillors, who opposed Labor’s push to send it off, that they should develop their own. “For those councillors who won’t be supporting putting in the business case, I ask

The NSW local government minister's support for Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council to demerge opens the way for other councils to deamalgamate. Pip Hinman reports. 

The Inner West’s deputy mayor has called the first Trans and Gender Diverse swim night a “raging success,” with the event going ahead on Friday night after receiving a deluge of transphobic comments earlier this month.

Inner West residents were shocked to be told by the council’s general manager that they were effectively being shut out of the preparation of the demerger case. Peter Boyle reports.

There is a strong mood for progressive change in the inner west, as the demerger vote and swings to Greens and Labor show. Andrew Chuter reports.

The Greens minority is seeking to hoist a first-time councillor into the role ahead of Labor’s Darcy Byrne.