The 78-year-old Sydney lord mayor rejected the suggestion it was time to give someone else a go after 20 years in the job,citing maxims from Buddha and Teddy Roosevelt.
One Sydney council area is set to get more chargers for electric vehicles than most,and only one regional area is part of the latest rollout.
The upper house member is hesitant to say he returned to politics in his son’s memory,but says the state’s inadequate mental health system was behind the decision.