Former Inner West mayor Darcy Byrne set to return to Inner West mayoralty as Labor gains majority | AngusGthompson Mattonews
in two battleground wards that doused earlier celebrations were knocked back by the NSW Electoral Commission, handing Labor eight seats on the 15-person council.
The council became increasingly divided during its previous term, with Cr Byrne’s former ally, Liberal councillor Julie Passas, challenging her fellow councillors to call police while refusing a push to remove her from the chamberBrendan Kerin from the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council conducts a smoking ceremony at Town Hall on Thursday.
The newly elected City of Sydney council at Town Hall shortly before the first meeting of their new term on Thursday.In the City of Sydney, incumbent deputy lord mayor Jess Scully was re-elected to the role on Thursday after she beat independent Yvonne Weldon in a six-three vote by the newly installed councillors.
“Here we are just two days before Christmas, swearing in our new council for a new term, and the pandemic has taken a turn for the worst,” she said.
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