A massive protest vote, seemingly spearheaded by locals frustrated after being robbed of any chance to vote for Liberal Party candidates, has dominated the count for the Northern Beaches Council election.
Ryde residents are set to head to the polls and cast their votes on who should form their new council and who will be the mayor for the next four years. Follow live results and updates to see who will win a seat.
The major parties, minus the Liberals, and independents are vying for your vote to represent one of the biggest councils in northern Sydney. Follow live results and updates to see who will win a seat.
Hunters Hill residents are set to head to the polls and cast their votes on who should form their new council and who will be the mayor for the next four years. Follow live results and updates to see who will win a seat.
Senior Liberal figures are forming a “council in exile” to keep the new Northern Beaches Council “on its toes”, having lost all but one of the party’s nominees in a nomination forms fiasco.
A top chef at one of Sydney’s fanciest hotels has been busted drink-driving after police spotted his Porsche speeding home from some post-work pints.
A man who believed his neighbour was a “pedophile” set his tent on fire in an effort to run him out of a notorious campsite in some Sydney sand dunes, a court has heard.
The Liberal Party has chosen its candidate to take on the independent “teal” in the race to replace a child sex-accused former MP. See how Wednesday night’s preselection vote panned out.
A push to set up a discount servo — and save drivers on the northern beaches a few bucks — has been put on hold as authorities seek more info from its proponents.
For decades, a gym in the army barracks on Sydney’s North Head resounded to the sounds of soldiers training to defend our coastline. Now, after being refurbished, it awaits the next chapter in its colourful history.
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