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Yvonne has received an Australian honour but says her ancestors deserve the recognition
June 13, 2022
Wiradjuri woman Yvonne Weldon has been awarded a 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honour for her service to Indigenous communities in NSW. She says her work wouldn't be possible without those who fought to be recognised in the generations before her. Wiradjuri woman Yvonne Weldon has...
Read MoreNew female voices set to shake up Clover Moore’s hold on Sydney city council
April 03, 2022
Shauna Jarrett, Yvonne Weldon and Sylvie Ellsmore have big plans on transparency, Indigenous issues and affordable housing. When Sydney’s lord mayor, Clover Moore, was returned for a historic fifth term in December, not everything went her party’s way. Today, Sydney city council looks quite different...
Read MoreThe 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 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 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 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...
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