Tag: Victoria

The VEC has announced official vote counts in Central Goldfields Shire Council, where there are seven single member wards. Update: After preference distribution, Ben Green has been successful in Paddy’s Ranges Ward, defeating incumbent former mayor Chris Meddows-Taylor. Successful candidates announced are Liesbeth Long (Flynn Ward), Gerard Murphy (Maryborough Central Ward), Jacob Meyer (Maryborough East […]

Local Government Minister Melissa Horne has named the municipal monitors who will guide the newly elected Councils at Casey, Whittlesea and Strathbogie. Peter Stephenson and Cameron Boardman will serve at Casey – Mr Stephenson is finishing his term as administrator at Strathbogie Shire, and Cameron Boardman will transition from the panel of administrators at Casey into the […]

The CEO of Benalla Rural City Council, Dominic Testoni, has resigned to take up a senior level position at Macedon Ranges Shire. Mr Testoni, CEO at Benalla since 2019, will be the new Director of Assets and Operations at Macedon Ranges, the position held by Shane Walden before his appointment as CEO of Golden Plains Shire. Mr Testoni is […]

Progressive count reports for some western Victorian councils have been published by The Weekly Advertiser. Horsham Rural City Council is predicted to have six first time councillors, with Ian Ross likely to be the only incumbent returned. At Ararat Rural City Council, incumbent Jo Armstrong looks to be in a strong position to be returned, along with […]

Here is a brief overview of the latest metropolitan council voting updates reported by media outlets. At Greater Dandenong, Ian Cook, the caterer who took on the council in court over the infamous ‘slug gate’ case, looks unlikely to win a seat on the council. He is reportedly well behind incumbent councillor Phillip Danh on […]

A handful of progressive vote reports for some wards in regional councils are filtering through local media outlets. In Greater Shepparton, high profile incumbent mayor Shane Sali has captured more than 75% of first preference votes in Balaclava Ward and will be safely returned to the council, according to the Shepparton News ($). His nearest […]