Eight local councils will go to upcoming statewide elections without a Liberal candidate on the ticket.
Tensions are rising at the Liberal Party headquarters in NSW after a failure to nominate candidates for local government elections, in an error described by one contestant as "mind-boggling". Former rugby league international-turned councillor John Dorahy, 69, is one of about 135 candidates across NSW left off election ballots after what senior Liberals have described as the worst act of mismanagement in party history.
Several councils overlap with safe Liberal seats in state parliament. The mess also means a ward in Penrith - where 10,000 voters chose Liberal at the last election - will be automatically won by the only-Labor nominees. The NSW Electoral Commission said it was unable to extend the legislated deadline for nominations. "A few of my colleagues are just beside themselves ...
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