EXTRA costs to run the local government elections next year have the Bundaberg Regional Council up in arms.
15th Oct. 2011 2:10 AM
AN LNP MP says he fears the party's “machine men” who authorised paid dirt digging on Labor MPs could lead to a tit-for-tat...
13th Oct. 2011 7:10 AM
WHAT is democracy worth? Definitely not $820,000, according to Toowoomba Regional Council.
13th Oct. 2011 2:10 AM
TWEED voters could face a referendum on whether they want to choose their mayor, rather than leave the decision to...
11th Oct. 2011 2:10 AM
MAYBE the answer to those wanting to be elected in the local council is to pick a side in the great pet debate.
03rd Oct. 2011 2:10 AM
WITH a number of community leaders ruling out the possibility of running for council next election, the question on...
28th Sept. 2011 2:09 AM
THE Change Commissioner has recommended a divisional model for the Fraser Coast Regional Council.
27th Sept. 2011 2:09 AM
SEVEN candidates, including the Clarence Valley Mayor Richie Williamson, have signed up to seek National Party...
26th Sept. 2011 7:09 PM
KIM Olsen is the first person outside the council to announce to the Daily News he will contest the next local government...
23rd Sept. 2011 2:09 AM
COUNCILLORS are tight-lipped about tonight's Clarence Valley Council mayoral election as rumours of a challenge...
20th Sept. 2011 2:09 AM
MORE than 450 votes were cast when Southern Downs residents took to their computers to nominate which councillor they would...
19th Sept. 2011 2:09 AM
THE appeal of leading the Sunshine Coast is beginning to tempt more mayoral contenders from the shadows.
17th Sept. 2011 2:09 AM
CANDIDATES at next year's council election will be able to put up election signs, but will be strictly required to remove...
16th Sept. 2011 6:09 AM
THE first of the public long goodbyes started for retiring mayor Bob Abbot as he gave Lew Brennan an endorsement for the...
16th Sept. 2011 2:09 AM
STRONG reader interest continues in our online poll asking which councillors you would re-elect if a local government...
13th Sept. 2011 2:09 AM
THE LNP has begun campaigning in earnest in the state seat of Burnett.
10th Sept. 2011 2:09 AM
RATE rises, natural disasters and amalgamation upshots – our councillors have seen a lot in their three-and-a-half year...
09th Sept. 2011 2:09 AM
IT could be a peculiarly knuckle-headed way to try and get elected in the Noosa hinterland.
06th Sept. 2011 2:09 AM
IT'S been a year since the Labor Government pledged $150.5 million in funding to help sweeten up the voters of the marginal...
23rd Aug. 2011 2:08 AM
IF A wave of new councillors land in the chambers after the next election, it may be years until successful candidates are...
19th Aug. 2011 2:08 AM
WITH the next local government election just a year or so away, Clarence Valley councillor Ian Tiley is encouraging people...
16th Aug. 2011 2:08 AM
POLITICS has occasionally been a battleground for Cr Vivien Griffin, worthwhile preparation for her life beyond the council...
13th Aug. 2011 4:08 AM
THE 2012 council election campaign is about to get under way, with Peregian's Taylor Bunnag set to launch his quest for...
12th Aug. 2011 2:08 AM
KERYN Jones will quit politics at the next election – for love.
09th Aug. 2011 2:08 AM
NOOSA has already made its intentions loud and clear about wanting a reborn stand-alone council and does not need the whole...
05th Aug. 2011 2:08 AM
FOR Tony Hopkins it's a case of desperate times calling for desperate measures.
25th July 2011 2:07 AM
MARANOA remains undivided after a decision by Maranoa Regional Council.
21st July 2011 12:07 PM
EVEN eight months out from council polls, the forces behind the Noosa de-amalgamation plan say they have no interest in the...
18th July 2011 2:07 AM
SUNSHINE Coast mayor Bob Abbot has this morning confirmed he will not contest the top job at the next election.
14th July 2011 8:07 AM
THREE definite leaders have emerged in The Chronicle's online poll, which asks readers which of the current councillors...
09th July 2011 2:07 AM
COUNCIL may allow advertisements on its dump trucks but ratepayers don't need to worry about councillors using the space...
07th July 2011 2:07 AM
DEPUTY Mayor Paul Antonio says he won't allow the overwhelming support he has received in an online poll to dictate his...
07th July 2011 2:07 AM
ST ANDREW’S Hospital’s new board met for the first time on Wednesday night since the dramatic sacking of nine governors.
01st July 2011 2:07 AM
THE Labor Party is continuing to drag its heels pre-selecting candidates for the seats of Bundaberg and Burnett.
24th June 2011 2:06 AM
THEY say it's been among the toughest periods of their political lives, but all want more.
22nd June 2011 2:06 AM
IT'S been 24 hours of upheaval for the two Greens members of Coffs Harbour City Council.
21st June 2011 2:06 AM
MATTHEW Flanagan has withdrawn to become Robert Schwarten’s successor, clearing the way for Bill Byrne’s endorsement as...
27th May 2011 2:05 AM
THE LNP could make inroads into Labor's Ipswich heartland at the next state election with a new poll showing the State...
18th May 2011 2:05 AM
MICK Kruger would be the man to beat if he did decide to run for mayor one more time, but so far he has remained...
11th May 2011 2:05 AM
TOOWOOMBA businessman Trevor Watts has been given the nod by the LNP to run for the party in Toowoomba North.
07th May 2011 2:05 AM
TWO Liberal National Party members will go head to head as they vie to see who will represent the party in the seat of...
07th May 2011 2:05 AM
THE man who would be premier of Queensland was uncharacteristically lost for words.
30th April 2011 2:04 AM
YOUNG people can learn how to govern but you cannot teach them enthusiasm.
30th April 2011 2:04 AM
QUEENSLAND'S optional preferential voting system will remain for the next state election.
16th Feb. 2011 5:02 PM
