David Scott has been elected to Glen Innes Severn Council following a countback election
David Scott has been elected to Glen Innes Severn Council following a countback election conducted this week.
All care, no responsibility: Minister ‘concerned’ but Electoral Commission denies problems
As the NSW Electoral Commission scrambles to defend its actions, the responsible minister has expressed 'concern' and kicked the problem to the tall grass of a parliamentary inquiry.
Moree Plains voting issues bigger than Toomelah
As we continue our investigation into what went wrong on election day in Toomelah, we found every single booth in the Moree Plains Shire Council election, as well as postal votes, had issues in the count.
The Toomelah in the Electoral System
Something went very wrong at Toomelah's polling booth in the local government elections held on September 14. Like a canary in a coal mine, the abnormal election result at Toomelah may have revealed a much bigger problem state wide.
Another Mayor bites the dust: Banham quits GISC after losing 4-3
Less than 24 hours after Kate Dight rolled Paul Harmon as Mayor of Inverell Shire, Margot Davis defeated Rob Banham to be elected Mayor of Glen Innes Severn... and Banham promptly quit council entirely.
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Surprise twist as mayors start being elected
Five of the New England's 12 councils have elected their Mayor and Deputy Mayor for the first two year term.
Voting irregularity in Toomelah may trigger Moree re-run
43 of Toomelah's 187 residents, only 6 of whom do not identify as Aboriginal, showed up to vote on September 14. Only 3 had their votes counted.
Tamworth Regional Council election results
The Greens have been elected to the Tamworth Regional Council. So has a guy previously endorsed by an anti-vaxxer organisation. And a few other ideological viewpoints in between. Incumbents Bede Bourke and Judy Coates were not re-elected, leaving our largest…
Narrabri Shire Council election results
A recount may not be out of the questions after a very unusual count in Narrabri saw 5 candidates elected on the last distribution
Moree Plains Shire Council election results
Moree Plains Shire Council will be very different going forward.