Call to change SA Council election timing

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A South Australian council is again calling on the state government to shift the timing of local government elections.

The City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters is looking for sector support for a push to move the elections so they are not held in the same year as a state government election.

Mayor Robert Bria tried unsuccessfully in 2018 to get the Local Government Association to lobby for a change in timing.

He believes the government should look to the Victorian model of having state and local elections two years apart.

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