Gold Coast City Council

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Gold Coast Bulletin --> Gold Coast City Council election 2024 $

A victorious Tom Tate has claimed a mandate to roll out a multi-billion dollar infrastructure agenda across the next four years and set the city up for decades of prosperity.

The light rail Stage 4 extension from Burleigh Heads to the border, a boutique stadium, an expansion of the Home of the Arts (HOTA) and $1bn waste-to-energy facility will be at the top of the list after Mr Tate triumphed at Saturday's election.

The incumbent won a fourth term in office after securing 51.64 per cent of the vote and more than 129,252 votes at the close of counting on Saturday night. ...

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Kath Down is ahead in Div 14 (Coolangatta and southern end).  Even if she does win it will mean little.

https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/council-election/gold-coast-city-council-election-2024-winners-revealed-in-closely-contested-seats/news-story/2ee441f3cc9957be322d58c5e8bed552

...Experienced Gold Coast City councillor Gail O'Neill has won her southern division after a marathon count, with the final margin of just 170 votes.

But her rival, outspoken Save Our Southern Gold Coast leader Kath Down, is calling on the Electoral Commission of Queensland to investigate the result. She is questioning ballot counting on a public holiday and election day concerns too, claiming shortages of ballot papers and pencils and long queues stopped people voting.

Mayor Tom Tate - during Monday's tense final count - called Ms Down's complaints an "April Fool's joke". ...

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^ This is the same person who was calling on her opponent to drop any request for a recount.

There was an extremely bitter and borderline defamatory post on the Save our Southern Gold Coast Facebook page this morning which has since been deleted, which accused various other people in the community of having undermined her.   suspect Div 14 has dodged a bullet.