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The WugulOra (one Mob) Morning Ceremony at Barangaroo Reserve on 26 January 2022
January 30, 2022
The WugulOra (one Mob) Morning Ceremony at Barangaroo Reserve on 26 January 2022 Welcome to Country by Councillor Yvonne Weldon This is a sombre day for the First Nations of this country and we need to show our respects to commemorate the ancestors. Before...
Read More‘He was magical’: Indigenous Lord Mayor candidate pays tribute to David Dalaithngu
December 01, 2021
Warning: This story contains the name of a deceased Indigenous person. The first-ever Indigenous Australian woman to run for Sydney Lord Mayor has paid tribute to pioneering Indigenous actor David Dalaithngu. Mr Dalaithngu has died at the age of 68 after a cancer diagnosis....
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: Making Sydney the most pet-friendly city in the world
December 01, 2021
Dogs can’t vote, but pet-loving humans can in Council Elections across NSW on December 4, 2021. If she is elected Lord Mayor of Sydney, Independent candidate Yvonne Weldon says she would make Sydney the most pet friendly city in the world. “Pets are a...
Read MoreFirst Nations Candidates Set To Make History At NSW Council Elections
November 27, 2021
By Nadine Silva, Glenn Trowbridge 26 NOV 2021 - 2:37PM Murrawarri Ngemba woman Lily Shearer is campaigning in the Brewarrina Shire, which is set to have a First Nations majority council for the first time. (Jamie James) First Nations people are pushing for a greater...
Read MoreWater Fight: How Sydney’s Pools Became A Contested Space In Council Elections
November 27, 2021
By Angus Thompson November 26, 2021 — 5.00am Astride the teeming breadth of Kogarah Bay sits a former body of water, a rectangular void that lays idle in disrepair. Kogarah War Memorial Pool at Carss Park has been empty for more than two years – a...
Read MoreSydney Council Candidate Has Posters Removed
November 27, 2021
Independent candidate running for Lord Mayor, Yvonne Weldon, has revealed her campaign posters for the upcoming local council elections have been replace by posters from the current mayor, Clover Moore. The two photos show a Yvonne Weldon campaign poster being displayed on a public...
Read MoreMeet The Five Women Trying To Unseat Clover Moore After 17 Years As City Of Sydney Lord Mayor
November 27, 2021
By Paige Cockburn Wed 24 Nov 2021 at 5:03am Angela Vithoulkas has put her hand up to become Sydney's next Lord Mayor, but she keeps being told to take it down. The founder of the Small Business Party has received numerous anonymous phone calls demanding she drop out of the...
Read MoreSydney's Mayoral Candidates Spell Out Plans For Oxford Street
November 27, 2021
By Douglas Magaletti — NOVEMBER 23, 2021 Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore’s stewardship of Oxford Street was the focus of frustration at a lively Oxford Street LGBTQI Community Candidate Forum, on Sunday afternoon. Members of the LGBTQI community gathered at the Oxford Hotel in Darlinghurst to discuss...
Read MoreNSW National Park To Be Renamed Due To Ben Boyd’s Links To Slave Trade In Mid-1800s
November 26, 2021
By Christopher Knaus Sun 14 Nov 2021 12.46 AEDT Indigenous leaders say renaming public spaces suggests ‘we are moving forward as a society and repairing relationships’ The New South Wales government will rename Ben Boyd national park on the state’s south coast due to the pastoralist’s association with...
Read MoreMayoral Candidate Floats Urban Billabong Plan
October 28, 2021
By TARYN PARISTUE 26 October 2021 A plan to deliver a series of urban billabongs across Sydney is the vision of mayoral candidate Yvonne Weldon, who is running against incumbent Clover Moore. Weldon is the first Indigenous person to run City of Sydney Lord...
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