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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Since June 2019, the people of South Gippsland Shire, located at the southernmost tip of the Australian continent, have been without a local council, after a government inquiry found “high levels of tension” within the council. Administrators were appointed by the Victorian state government in July 2019, who have governed since. However, South Gippsland’s council is scheduled to be restored later this year, with an election to be held via post from October 5-22, 2021.
Wikinews interviewed one of the candidates standing in this election, Sue Plowright. Plowright is an independent contesting the Coastal-Promontory ward, which covers towns such as Venus Bay, Waratah Bay, Yanakie, Foster, Port Welshpool, and Toora. The Coastal-Promontory Ward elects three councillors to the South Gippsland Shire Council.