Everything you need to know about local council elections
And after weeks of rigorous debate, intense competition and some classic council chaos, it comes down to this. Here’s everything you need to know.
- by Anthony Segaert
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Minister slams Liverpool Council allegations as ‘worst I’ve ever seen’
The government will allow the council’s election to go ahead, but new councillors will have to deal with a long inquiry.
- by Anthony Segaert and Max Maddison
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‘Rates, rubbish and roads, not radicals’: Sydney council candidates hit over international views
A new lobby group is targeting Greens candidates in key eastern and inner-city councils over their support of Palestinian causes.
- by Anthony Segaert
There are 1000 spots at this Sydney metro car park. By 7.13am, they’re all gone
Sydney Metro’s extension to the city has been life-changing for people in the north-west - but only if they can make it to the station.
- by Anthony Segaert
Torched signs and a wacky website: Local council skulduggery rears its head
As Sydney enters its final fortnight of local council election campaigning, some tactics have turned ugly.
- by Anthony Segaert and Megan Gorrey
The one thing Clover Moore said that turned everyone against her
The lord mayor was heckled by a fiery crowd as she fought to defend her city-shaping legacy during a debate about the state of Oxford Street.
- by Anthony Segaert
It cost $148,000 to find no one broke the rules at this Sydney council
At Cumberland City Council, the site of an ugly debate over books about same-sex parents, councillors raised 84 code of conduct complaints against each other.
- by Anthony Segaert
Are these the worst escalators in Sydney?
The CBD escalators have been out of action since last year, but they’re far from the only ones causing commuter havoc: tell us what you think are the worst escalators in Sydney.
- by Anthony Segaert
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Former lord mayor ‘broke protocol’ in CEO negotiations, report alleges
Councillor and now MP Donna Davis led the City of Parramatta’s search for a new chief executive, but a key person was missing from the recruitment panel.
- by Anthony Segaert
‘Isn’t it beautiful?’ How Sydneysiders greeted the gleaming new metro
Tens of thousands of Sydney commuters tapped their Opal cards onto the seven new glistening stations running through the CBD. Here is the people’s verdict.
- by Anthony Segaert and Nick Newling
How Sydney’s new metro train system compares with other global cities
Sydney has finally opened a major new metro line under the heart of the city. We looked at how our growing metro network stacks up globally.
- by Matt O'Sullivan and Anthony Segaert
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