ALP faces a variety of results in what premier Chris Minns calls a ‘massive wake-up call for the major parties’
, and Liverpool mayor returns amid corruption inquiryBut there have been a few other surprises, even though the NSW Electoral Commission won’t declare the final results until the start of October. Here are some of them:As of Monday, the Greens councillor Sarah Ndiaye had a good chance of winning the mayorship in the Byron shire on the state’s north coast after the independent mayor, Michael Lyon, was charged with assault and stalking.
The independent Dr Ross Kerridge was leading the mayoral race on Monday morning with 33.4% of the primary vote, with Nelms on 31.97%. “They do have an existing problem within diverse communities. Where Labor did stand diverse candidates they did really well,” said Samaras, who runs the consultancy RedBridge Group.
The council came close to being sacked immediately before the election after a report by the Office of Local Government that detailed corruption allegations.
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