Council elections for more than five million voters across NSW are to be delayed for the second year in a row, as the Berejiklian government moves to postpone the poll to December in response to the state’s coronavirus crisis.
Local Government Minister Shelley Hancock said they would instead be held on December fourth.
It comes after growing pressure from Labor and mayors across Sydney to postpone the polls planned for September fourth.
125 councils across NSW were supposed to hold elections.
Authorities are concerned the elections have the potential to become a super-spreader event.
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