Good Morning Fellow Residents, Voters and Petition Supporters 

The online Parliamentary Petition closed at midnight on Wednesday the 9th August 2023 with 802 signatures.

However this Petition is ONGOING and you can still share it to gain more signatures and you will receive updates and information.

This means that the Petition will now be referred to the Minister for Local Government and as the minimum number of 500 signatures has been exceeded on the Parliamentary Petition then the Minister will need to provide a formal reply to the Petition within 35 days of  Lodgement to the Parliament.

The Wording of the Parliamentary Petition is as follows.....

"To the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly, This petition of the residents of New South Wales brings to the attention of the House the decision of the previous NSW State government to allow Local Councils to engage the services of private providers instead of the NSW Electoral Commission to conduct elections. Currently three Councils have opted to engage private companies to run their Local Government elections being Fairfield, Liverpool and Penrith Councils. Liverpool Council was the most recent Council that voted to dump the NSW Electoral Commission from running the Local Government election at its 1st March 2023 Council Meeting held in a Confidential Session. The undersigned petitioners ask the Legislative Assembly call on the Government to mandate the use of the NSW Electoral Commission to oversee all Local Government elections from September 2024 in order to maintain and ensure voter confidence and provide full transparency in the election process."

In addition to the reply to be received from the Minister for Local Government, Mr Nathan Hagarty MP for Leppington will also be addressing the  Parliament on this matter as the sponsor of the Parliamentary Petition.

I will keep you informed of further information as it comes to hand.

Remember that you can also find me on Facebook www.facebook.com/Michael.independent

Yours Sincerely 

Michael Andjelkovic

 Independent Community Campaigner