Central Darling Shire is planning for March 2025 election

The 2024 September Council Elections has been conducted across NSW and polls have been declared by the NSW Electoral Office, allowing Councils to conduct their first meetings.

Central Darling Shire has been under administration for many years, and so was not part of the recent elections, but is now planning for a March 20205 election.

In his report to the October meeting of Central Darling Council Administration Bob Stewart said planning is underway.

"The necessary legislation has now passed both Houses of Parliament to create a Rural and Remote Council and we are planning for a March 2025 election," Mr Stewart said.

"General Manager Greg Hill and I have been discussing the transition process to an elected body with the Office of Local Government and will meet with them to finalise details."

Mr Stewart was appointed as Administrator in 2019 by the NSW Minister for Local Government.

The Administrator performs all the functions of an elected Council and is supported by the General Manager and two Directors.

Mr Stewart has more than 40 years’ local government experience and is a former senior local government manager who has practiced in the regional NSW councils of Singleton, Quirindi, Griffith, Cabonne and Liverpool Plains.

He was General Manager at Tumut Shire from 2008 and was appointed Interim General Manager of the new Snowy Valleys Council following amalgamation and has acted as Interim General Manager at Balranald and Lachlan Shire Councils.