John Arthur Watkins is a former Deputy Premier of New South Wales,serving between 2005 until his resignation from Parliament in 2008. Watkins was the Chief Executive Officer of Alzheimer's Australia (NSW) from 2008 –2017 when it merged into Dementia Australia;the Chairman of Calvary healthcare from 2011 –2019;and the eighth Chancellor of the University of New England,serving between 2013 and 2014.
Shelley Elizabeth Hancock,an Australian politician. Hancock was the Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly seat of South Coast from 2003 until 2023.
Barry Robert O'Farrell is an Australian former politician who was Australia's High Commissioner to India and non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan from February 2020 to 30 June 2023. O'Farrell was the 43rd Premier of New South Wales and Minister for Western Sydney from 2011 to 2014. He was the Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party from 2007 to 2014,and was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2015,representing Northcott until 1999 and representing Ku-ring-gai on the Upper North Shore of Sydney from 1999 to 2015. He was President and Independent Board Chair of Diabetes Australia,Chair of the Wests Tigers Rugby League Football Club and CEO of Racing Australia Ltd until taking up his role in India.
Michael John Daley is an Australian politician and has been the Attorney-General of New South Wales since 28 March 2023. He was previously the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of New South Wales from November 2018 to March 2019. He is the member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Maroubra for the Australian Labor Party since 2005. Daley is aligned with the Labor Right faction.
Carmel Mary Tebbutt is an Australian former politician. She was the Labor Party Member for the former seat of Marrickville in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly until the 2015 election and was Deputy Premier of New South Wales from 2008 to 2011. She was also Minister for Health in the Keneally Government. She is the first woman to hold the position of Deputy Premier of New South Wales.
The City of Wollongong is a local government area in the Illawarra region of New South Wales,Australia. The area is situated adjacent to the Tasman Sea,the Princes Motorway and the Illawarra railway line.
Francesco Ernest Sartor is an Australian former politician who served as New South Wales Minister for Climate Change and the Environment and Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer) between 2009 and 2011. He was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Rockdale for the Labor Party between 2003 and 2011. Sartor has previously been Minister for Planning,Redfern Waterloo and the Arts,and Minister for Water and Utilities in the Iemma and Carr governments. Before being elected to the New South Wales Parliament,Sartor was the second longest-serving Lord Mayor of Sydney,after Clover Moore,having held the post for nearly 12 years from September 1991 to March 2003. Sartor retired from politics at the 2011 state election.
Kristina Marie Kerscher Keneally is an American-born Australian politician who served as the first female Premier of New South Wales from 2009 to 2011 and was later a Labor Senator for New South Wales from February 2018 until April 2022. She resigned from the Senate to contest the House of Representatives seat of Fowler,but was unsuccessful. From 2019 to 2022 she served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate,Shadow Minister for Home Affairs,and Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship.
Paul Gerard Lynch,an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Liverpool for the Labor Party from 1995 until 2023.
The City of Townsville is a local government area (LGA) located in North Queensland,Australia. It encompasses the city of Townsville,together with the surrounding rural areas,to the south are the communities of Alligator Creek,Woodstock and Reid River,and to the north are Northern Beaches and Paluma,and also included is Magnetic Island. In June 2018 the area had a population of 194,072,and is the 28th-largest LGA in Australia. Townsville is considered to be the unofficial capital of North Queensland.
Verity Helen Firth is an Australian university executive and former politician. She is the Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Technology Sydney. She was the chief executive officer of the Public Education Foundation in Australia.
Ron Hoenig is an Australian barrister and current member for Heffron in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He is currently the Minister for Local Government,Vice-President of the Executive Council,and Leader of the House,in the NSW Labor Government of Premier Chris Minns. He previously served as Mayor of the City of Botany Bay in New South Wales from 1981 to 2012,a record 31 years,before standing down and winning the 25 August Heffron by-election in the state parliament for the Labor Party.
Julie Sutton is an Australian former politician,teacher and Marriage Celebrant,elected as a Councillor of Warringah Council and was previously Mayor of Warringah from 1995 to 1996 and 2002 to 2003.
The local government areas (LGA) of New South Wales are the third tier of government in the Australian state. Under the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) they can manage their own affairs to the extent permitted by the legislation. They may be designated as cities or otherwise as areas,though the latter units may choose to use titles that had distinctions under older forms of the act. The smallest local government by area in the state is the Municipality of Hunter's Hill 5.7 km2 (2.2 sq mi) and the largest by area is Central Darling Shire Council 53,492 km2 (20,653 sq mi). There are 129 local government areas in the state as of December 2022.
Antoine "Tony" Issa,an Australian politician,was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Granville for the Liberal Party from 2011 until the 2015 election when he lost the seat to Labor's Julia Finn.
Ben Keneally is an Australian management consultant and politician. He was the Mayor of Botany Bay from 2012 to 2016. His wife is the former NSW Premier and former Senator Kristina Keneally.
Cumberland Council,trading as Cumberland City Council,is a local government area located in the western suburbs of Sydney in the state of New South Wales,Australia. The Council was formed on 12 May 2016 from the merger of parts of the Cities of Auburn,Parramatta,and Holroyd.
Inner West Council is a local government area located in the Inner West region of Sydney in the state of New South Wales,Australia. The council makes up the eastern part of this wider region,and was formed on 12 May 2016 from the merger of the former Ashfield,Leichhardt and Marrickville councils.
Jean Frances Hay is an Australian local government politician. She served as the Mayor of Manly Council from 1999 to 2004 and was the last mayor of Manly from 8 September 2008 to 12 May 2016,following Manly's amalgamation into the new Northern Beaches Council.
The 2004 Sydney City Council election was held on 27 March 2004 to elect nine councillors and a lord mayor to the City of Sydney. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales,Australia.
