Here are some of the stories making local government news today: 16th August
Northern Grampians Shire Council has elected Cr Murray Emerson to serve out the current mayoral term following the passing of late mayor Cr Tony Driscoll earlier this month.
Cr Emerson has previously served four terms as mayor and he will hold the role until the next mayoral election scheduled for 7th November.
Photo Credit: Waratah Wynyard Council
The Tasmanian Councillor found guilty earlier this year of prohibited conduct has been suspended from office for three months by a Code of Conduct panel. The suspension of Darren Fairbrother from Waratah-Wynyard Council took effect from yesterday, when a late report detailing the outcome of the panel’s deliberations was tabled at the Council’s August meeting.
The results are in for the NSW By-elections in Singleton, Kempsey, and Shellharbour Ward A. Nine councillors at Singleton were elected with one change from the Dec 2021 result;
At Kempsey there will be three new faces in the 8 councillors elected; and the Ward A Shellharbour by-election returned the same result, with Kellie Marsh and Maree Edwards re-elected.
Former mayor and state MP Marianne Saliba was unsuccessful in her bid to return to the council.
Photo Credit: City of Hobart
Hobart City Council last night voted to remove a statue of former Tasmanian Premier William Crowther, responsible for the mutilation of the body of an Aboriginal man in 1869.
The controversial decision was subject to lengthy debate and numerous unsuccessful amendments, before a packed public gallery prone to interjection and bouts of applause.
The statue has been in place since 1889, and will be conserved and potentially re-interpreted.
Photo credit: King Island Council
King Island councillors will vote to install a new Deputy Mayor tonight. Former deputy Vernon Philbey has stepped into the mayoral role, after the resignation of former mayor Julie Arnold last week.
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