Are you interested in representing your community as a Councillor?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Becoming a Councillor is an exciting opportunity to represent your community and the interests of City of Newcastle’s residents by providing leadership and guidance to the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
City of Newcastle is hosting a candidate information session on Monday 27 May 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The nomination period for candidates for an election in a local government area or ward ends at noon Wednesday, 14 August with the next local government general election to be held 14 September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The session allows people to identify key requirements of becoming a Councillor, understand the rules and processes for registering as a candidate and running a campaign and to understand the role of Council, Councillors and the key elements of council meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The session will be facilitated by Maire Sheehan, who held the role as Mayor of Leichhardt between 1999 and 2004, and previously as Councillor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The session can be attended in-person at City of Newcastle\u2019s Council Chambers at the City Administration Centre, 12 Stewart Avenue Newcastle West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Session:<\/strong> Time<\/strong>: 5.30pm – 9.00pm (doors to open at 5pm).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Venue:<\/strong> Council Chambers, City Administration Centre, 12 Stewart Avenue Newcastle West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BOOK HERE https:\/\/CN-becomeacandidate.eventbrite.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The session will run for approximately 3.5 hours, and will be delivered in person, however the option to attend online for those unable to make it in person is available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More information about local government election can be found here 2024 NSW Local Government elections – NSW Electoral Commission<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you interested in representing your community as a Councillor? Becoming a Councillor is an exciting opportunity to represent your community and the interests of City of Newcastle’s residents by providing leadership and guidance to the community. City of Newcastle is hosting a candidate information session on Monday 27 May 2024. The nomination period for … Continue reading “City of Newcastle Councillor information sessions”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26589,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26588\/revisions\/26589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Date: <\/strong>Monday, 27 May 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n