Your Councillors

Local Government elections were held 14 September 2024. Click on a Councillor profile below to read their full bio.

Contact all councillors by emailing councillors@ballina.nsw.gov.au

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Ward boundaries

Ballina Shire is divided into three wards, A, B and C ward for election purposes. The Mayor is popularly elected, along with three councillors from each ward, resulting in a total of ten councillors.

• Click to see the Electoral map showing Ward Boundaries - elections.nsw.gov.au website

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Councillor expenses

In accordance with the Councillor Expenses and Facilities Policy, detailed reports including expenditure summarised by individual Councillor are now publicly tabled at a Council meeting every six months and published in full on Council’s website.

• Councillor Expenses and Facilities Policy(PDF, 5MB)
• 22 February 2024 Ordinary meeting report - Councillor expenses 1 July - 31 December 2023(PDF, 108KB)
• 27 July 2023 Ordinary meeting report - Councillor expenses 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023(PDF, 95KB)
• 23 February 2023 Ordinary meeting report - Councillor expenses 1 July 2022 to 31 December 2022(PDF, 97KB)
• 28 July 2022 Ordinary meeting report - Councillor expenses 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022(PDF, 98KB)
• 27 January 2022 Ordinary meeting report - Councillor expenses 1 July 2021 to 31 December 2021(PDF, 86KB)
• 22 July 2021 Ordinary meeting report - Councillor Expenses 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021(PDF, 94KB)
• 28 January 2021 Ordinary Meeting report - Councillor Expenses 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2020(PDF, 87KB)
• 23 July 2020 Ordinary Meeting report - Councillor expenses 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020(PDF, 105KB)

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Disclosure of Interest Returns

Clause 4.21 (in part) of the Council’s Code of Conduct states: A councillor or designated person must complete and lodge with the general manager, a return in the form set out in schedule 2 to the code, disclosing the councillors’ or designated person’s interests as specified in schedule 1 to the code within 3 months after:

(a) Becoming a councillor or designated person, and
(b) 30 June of each year and
(c) The councillor or designated person becoming aware of an interest they are required to disclose under schedule 1 that has not been previously disclosed in a return lodged under paragraphs (a) or (b).

Clause 4.27 of Council’s Code of Conduct states: Information contained in returns made and lodged under clause 4.21 is to be made publicly available in accordance with the requirements of the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009, the Government Information (Public Access) Regulation 2009 and any guidelines issued by the Information Commissioner.

Council has identified its designated persons as Councillors, the General Manager and members of Council’s Executive Team.

• 2022/2023 Disclosure of Interest Returns - Councillors(PDF, 2MB)
• 2021/2022 Disclosure of Interest Returns - Councillors(PDF, 2MB)
• Disclosure of Interest Returns - Councillors (first returns after Local Government Election 4 December 2021)(PDF, 11MB)
• 2020/2021 Disclosure of Interest Returns - Councillors(PDF, 3MB)
• 2019/2020 Disclosure of Interest Returns - Councillors(PDF, 3MB)
• 2022/2023 Disclosure of Interest Returns - Staff(PDF, 1MB)
• 2021/2022 Disclosure of Interest Returns - Staff(PDF, 1MB)
• 2020/2021 Disclosure of Interest Returns - Staff(PDF, 1MB)
• 2019/2020 Disclosure of Interest Returns - Staff(PDF, 1MB)