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The special election in February will decide who fills Mayor-Elect Larry Toomer’s seat on the council

Green Left hosted its inaugural radical guided tour of Sydney's inner-city port suburbs of Balmain and Leichhardt on March 20, reports Rachel Evans.

The Parliamentary Friendship Committee between Uruguay and Palestine was established in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo, last week. The committee aims to mobilise popular and official support in ...

Labor councillors' attemps to stop a residents' poll on de-amalgamation from proceeding at the local government elections in September has been thwarted. Pip Hinman reports.

Labor councillors' attempts to stop a residents' poll on de-amalgamation from proceeding at the local government elections in September has been thwarted, writes Pip Hinman.

The council’s community engagement found that 76% of people who filled in the online feedback form on the proposed rate changes opposed the proposed new rates structure. In the former Marrickville council area, where rates are set to rise the highest, some people will be paying up to 50% more. “People are upset because the forced amalgamation of Marrickville, Leichhardt and Ashfield Councils has brought in a less representative Council, poorer services and now proposed higher rates, especia...

“This council remains committed to being as open and transparent as possible,” she said. “Much of the information has always been available on council’s website, but staff have now collated it and placed all relevant links and information in one section so the community has easier access and can better scrutinise how council spends ratepayers’ money.” Noosa Council councillors salary from March 28, 2020 to June 30, 2020. Noosa Council councillors expenses from M...