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Local Government Elections

The distribution of preferences for the 2024 Lockhart Shire Council election has been finalised for Wards B and C.

The first meeting of the new council will be held on 21 October 2024, where the mayor and deputy mayor will be elected.

Further information is available on the NSW Electoral Commission website: https://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2401/lockhart/results

Congratulations to all our Councillors and welcome to our newly elected members, Cr Jones and Cr Rushby.

The A Ward election was uncontested and declared on 14 September 2024. The A Ward councillors are:

Fran Day OAM
Erica Jones
Robert Mathews

Candidates elected following the preference distribution are as follows:

B Ward

Jane Hunter
Peter Sharp
James Walker

C Ward

Gail Driscoll
Ian Marston
Bobby Rushby

Regional Drought Resilience Plan

Lockhart Shire Council and Wagga Wagga City Council have been awarded a $450,000 grant from the Regional Drought Resilience Planning program, which is jointly funded by the NSW Government and the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.

The purpose of the fund is to assist identified regions in NSW in developing their own Regional Drought Resilience Plans, which can be put into action by councils and their communities to address future risks. The fund aims to promote better drought preparedness in regional communities through proactive planning that takes into consideration environmental and social needs.

On Thursday 8 and Friday 9 August 2024 four community consultation sessions were held (Lockhart, The Rock, Wagga Wagga and Tarcutta) allowing all community members to have a say.

For more information, please head to the project page:

https://haveyoursay.wagga.nsw.gov.au/draft-regional-drought-resilience-plan