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local government election

Sunday, August 14

Sitting pretty - election delivers smallest turnover of mayors in a generation

COVID-19 anxiety appears to have suppressed Queensland’s appetite for change in the latest local government poll.

How Queensland's first openly gay mayor made openness his best ally

Residents of Douglas Shire in far north Queensland have elected the state’s first openly gay married man, who believes honesty with voters has equipped him well for the new standards of local government.

Challenger Clare Stewart is threatening the position of Tony Wellington as mayor of Noosa.

30 new mayors likely as council contenders face an uneasy weekend

Queensland may soon have as many as 30 new local mayors, and anxious councillors will have to sweat it out over the weekend and into next week as counting continues in the wake of Queensland’s local government poll.