Nicole Johnston used to be a Liberal. Now she’s the council’s biggest critic,and believes the Schrinner administration is failing Brisbane.
New Fremantle mayor Ben Lawver has vowed to deliver a reset at Town Hall,promising action on homelessness,liveability and empty shopfronts,after defeating Hannah Fitzhardinge.
As costs of running local government elections soar,one south-west council is grappling with a bill that has ballooned by 90 per cent.
Residents and small business owners would get cheaper power bills under a proposed renewable energy bulk-buying scheme covering at least four inner Melbourne councils.
The incumbent lord mayor says the city’s rooftops are an underused resource that could be transformed into thriving public gardens.
Familiar faces have resurfaced as candidates for local government after nominations closed for the October council polls.
Jamal Hakim also wants to rebrand maternal healthcare centres in a change for fathers with babies’ nappies.
The century-old Collins Street institution is estimated to be worth between $40 million and $50 million,and the council owns a 51 per cent stake.
The government will allow the council’s election to go ahead,but new councillors will have to deal with a long inquiry.
A private Queensland-based firm was paid $1.6 million to administer Liverpool Council’s election on September 14. It has conceded it may have breached the state’s electoral regulations.