Local Council Election 4th December 2021

It’s all systems go for our local council election, which is being held on Saturday the 4th of December 2021.

For those not yet in the know, local councils are responsible for:

• Public health (including health inspections of shops)
• Local roads and footpaths
• Street signs and bus stops
• Local kindergartens and pre-schools
• Local libraries
• Local sports fields and playgrounds
• Community services such as meals-on-wheels
• Building regulations and development
• Garbage collection

Local councils are not responsible for schools, hospitals, State conservation and environment, highways, railways and public transport, public works, agriculture and fishing, industrial relations, community services, sport and recreation, consumer affairs, police, prisons and emergency services.

For more information, including the list of polling places in the Hilltops, visit the NSW Electoral Commission’s website at https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/

• Topics:

• Elections
• Local Council