Elections will be held in NSW for the State’s 152 councils on September 8, with nominations for candidates closing on August 8.

 

NSW Local Government Minister Don Page has encouraged women and young people to consider participating, noting that only 27 per cent of the State’s 1500 councillors were women, and the most common age for councillors was 50 to 69 years, although the median age of the NSW population was 37.

 

More information about the elections is at http://www.votensw.info/.