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Residents across 128 councils in NSW will cast their vote for their local government elections next month.

Tomorrow, millions across NSW will cast their vote in local government elections. A lucky few will be allowed to do it twice. 

The blunder from the opposition has left the election day ballot open to some unlikely contenders.

It's the first hearing since the Supreme Court narrowed the case by ruling that former presidents are entitled to broad immunity from criminal charges.

President Emmanuel Macron has named former European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France's new prime minister after more than 50 days of caretaker government.

The chancellor described the results as "bitter" and urged mainstream parties to exclude the AfD from any state governing coalitions.

Locals will be asked to vote on Saturday 19 October.

Depending on how and where their music is used, musicians may have grounds to take action beyond rebuking, according to legal experts.

Country Liberal Party (CLP) leader Lia Finocchiaro will be the first female CLP Chief Minister after the Labor government were voted out in NT's election, following eight years in power.

"In my heart, I no longer believe that I have a realistic path of electoral victory in the face of this relentless, systematic censorship and media control," he said.

Both Kennedy and Trump have hinted publicly that they could be open to joining forces as Harris gains momentum.

The Country Liberals are promising to review Labor's ban on new permits.

The "monumental debacle" means ratepayers in up to a dozen Sydney councils and some others across the state won't have a Liberal candidate to vote for.

President Joe Biden delivered his valedictory address to the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, as his decision to end his reelection bid released newfound energy within his party with Vice President Kamala Harris ′ elevation to the top of the ticket.

The party has demanded the Electoral Commission extend the nomination deadline after it failed to put up dozens of candidates.

The Electoral Commission is right now recruiting for thousands of roles, right across the state, that require no previous experience.

The NSW Liberal Party said it's taking immediate action to address the failure to make sure it never happens again.

Thailand's parliament voted on Friday for Paetongtarn Shinawatra to be the country's next prime minister, thrusting another member of the kingdom's most famed and divisive political dynasty into the top job.

If the judge's ruling is upheld, it would not only keep Kennedy off the ballot in New York but could also lead to challenges in other states.

You don't need any prior experience, but there is one thing every applicant must have that's "not negotiable".

Democrats accused Trump of "running scared and trying to back out of the debate he already agreed to".

The judge regained control of the criminal case against former president Donald Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

With Kamala Harris replacing President Joe Biden as the likely Democratic presidential nominee, Donald Trump has escalated his attacks on her.

US Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has raised $305 million since she emerged as the likely Democratic presidential nominee last week.

Biden said he would speak "on what lies ahead" and how he will "finish the job for the American people".

She had been facing growing calls to resign and several investigations into how the shooter was able to get so close to the Republican presidential nominee.

Kimberly Cheatle gave no indication she intends to resign even as she said she takes "full responsibility" for any security lapses.

US President Joe Biden has pulled out of the presidential election race and endorsed Kamala Harris to replace him.

Some close to the former president felt the decisions, which they believed were personal to Trump, came from the top ranks of the agency.

He took the stage with running mate JD Vance in one of the crucial swing states expected to determine the outcome of the presidential election.

Despite a week of campaign stops, interviews and insistence that he is the best candidate to confront Republican Donald Trump, US President Joe Biden has done little to soften the push for him to exit the 2024 race.

The former US President spoke, for longer than the average feature film, recounting in his own words how narrowly he avoided death before waxing lyrical on immigration, his geopolitical prowess and failures of the Biden Administration.

The former House speaker privately warned Biden that Democrats could lose the ability to seize control in the House if he didn't step away from the race.

Royal pomp met hard-nosed politics as the king donned a diamond-studded crown and sat on a gilded throne.

Democrats are pushing ahead with plans to nominate in early August — even amid intensifying calls from some in the party for him to bow out of the race.

The former president has travelled to Milwaukee for the Republican National Conference where he will deliver a speech rewritten in the wake of the assassination attempt.

It was meant to be the high-flying solo press conference that cemented Joe Biden's status as the leader of the most influential nation on Earth.

Facing calls from within his own party to drop out, concerns about the US President will only grow after today's gaffes.

The A-lister says "every senator and governor" is privately saying the same thing, just weeks after raising $44 million for the president.

The former president has sent out his first campaign manifesto as he looks to secure his candidacy.

In a letter to congressional Democrats, he stood firm against calls for him to drop his candidacy and called for an end to the drama that has torn the party apart.

The uncertainty is expected to rattle markets and cast a shadow of instability over the Olympic Games.

"Our work is urgent and we begin it today," Starmer said in his first speech outside 10 Downing Street as prime minister.

Questions about his fitness for office have swirled since his halting debate performance against Trump.

On his first day in office, Keir Starmer will get briefings from senior civil servants about key issues facing the government, receive congratulatory phone calls from world leaders and begin the process of appointing his Cabinet.

Labour will grab power from the Conservatives for the first time in 14 years in what will be a landslide victory.

When incoming UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer spoke after winning his constituency of Holborn and St Pancras, there were a couple of notable figures sharing the stage with him.

Voters didn't leave the media's headline writers with a lot of choice when it came to calling the election result.

Dutiful, managerial, a bit dull — Keir Starmer is no one's idea of a firebrand politician. The Labour Party hopes that is just what Britain wants.

Sunak surprised pundits and most of his own lawmakers when he set the election for July 4. Now he might be heading for a wipeout.