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FREO ELECTION FIGHT IN LIMBO

FOURTEEN months after the WA Electoral Commission botched the 2023 local government elections in Fremantle and voters are no wiser as to whether the disputed elections will be rerun. It is six weeks since parties appeared in the Magistrate’s Court…

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VOTERS MISTAKEN OVER FREO ELECTION CONFUSION: WAEC

WA Electoral Commission solicitors today dismissed witness statements by Fremantle voters who gave evidence they were disenfranchised when they received incorrect ballot papers in the 2023 local government election. State solicitor Michael Olds asked the Magistrate’s Court to ignore evidence…

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FRAUD RAISED IN DISPUTED FREO ELECTIONS

ELECTORAL fraud and false signatures overshadowed proceedings in the Magistrate's Court today when parties presented disputed evidence in the bungled 2023 local government elections in Fremantle. After a day hearing from WA Electoral Commission witnesses, State solicitors turned their attention…

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LEGAL DOUBT LINGERS OVER FREO TREE REGISTER

A LEGAL question over the existence of the City’s significant tree register saw elected members for the second time this year vote to remove the Moreton Bay fig at 195 High Street from its controversial ‘list’ of trees in Fremantle.…

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FREO ELECTORAL DISPUTE DRAGS OUT TO OCTOBER

THE validity of the disputed 2023 local government elections in Fremantle will be tested in October - a year after thousands of ballot papers were mailed incorrectly to central and coastal ward voters. Parties returned to court on Monday. The…

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WAEC FOI ELECTION FIGURES DO NOT ADD UP

WAEC has further muddied the electoral waters following a Freedom of Information request for the number of blank ballots the City of Fremantle used in the 2021 and disputed 2023 local government elections. Hundreds of spare ballots were used by…

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FIG FOI RUNS INTO PESTY RESISTANCE

THE department of primary industries and regional development cannot explain why it cleared the Moreton bay fig tree at 195 High Street of shot-hole borer a day after its pest and disease experts said it was infected. On April 29,…

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Election extras, blanks & overs – but is it cricket?

  • June 15, 2024

SPECIAL REPORT: The City of Fremantle used hundreds of uncoded ‘spare’ ballot papers to influence the balance of power in the 2021 and disputed 2023 local government elections. StreetWise Media can report the WA Electoral Commission last year issued the…

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