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A Parramatta councillor who defected from the Liberal Party hours before a vote on the city’s mayoralty used her casting vote to support a Labor lord mayor.
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who → defect → mayor
Cameron Maclean became lord mayor by a single vote on Monday after a testy and teary meeting that followed a day of drama.
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that → become → drama
Councillor Tanya Raffoul, who announced on Monday morning that she had quit the party over concerns about its links to One Nation, only looked up out of a solemn downward stare during the vote to turn her head and make eye contact with her Liberal ex-colleagues as she raised her hand to vote for Maclean.
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she → announce → Maclean
The vote came during a meeting that also featured a former staff member identifying himself as a whistleblower whose reports to the ICAC triggered Operation Navarra, a weeks-long public inquiry into the council’s former chief executive Gail Connolly.
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reports → come → executive
Maclean, 28, defeated Liberal councillor Martin Zaiter who had served in the position for a year.
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who → defeat → year
Zaiter described his time leading the council as “an extraordinary term with many ups and many downs”.
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Zaiter → describe → ups
“Thank you for working together as one along our journey to become Australia’s next global city,” Zaiter told councillors before the vote.
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Zaiter → thank → vote
Maclean said he accepted the position “with great humility”, telling Raffoul she had “demonstrated immense integrity and courage under fire” for her defection and vote.
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she → say → defection
Independent Kellie Darley, who has also identified herself as a whistleblower about council staff, was nominated for the position of deputy mayor by Zaiter and Liberal councillor Sreeni Pillamarri.
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who → identify → Zaiter
She won against Labor councillor Michael Ng by two votes, with the council’s departing deputy mayor, independent Charles Chen, abstaining from the vote.
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mayor → win → vote
The first motion Darley raised as deputy mayor was about strengthening protections for whistleblowers at the council.
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Darley → raise → council
“My children aren’t here to see me being elected as deputy mayor,” she said through tears.
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she → see → tears
“And that’s because one of the consequences for me, of what happened in the reprisal action [alleged to have occurred as a result of Darley’s whistleblowing], is the impact to my now-former marriage, and that every day I am reminded of that impact.”
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I → ’ → impact
John Crawford, the council’s former IT boss who was called to give evidence at the ICAC inquiry, spoke in support of Darley’s motion.
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who → call → motion
He claimed he had been subjected to retaliation action after his evidence, including the alleged spreading of a “dirt file” against him leading to numerous media articles.
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he → claim → articles
“It has created serious risk to my career and reputation, and I have very limited practical means for responding,” he said, receiving a standing ovation from councillors and members of the public gallery.
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he → create → gallery
Liberal councillor Steven Issa told Maclean: “What I hope more than anything is that your resolve is strengthened”, a supposed reference to Maclean’s decision to abstain from a council decision to sack Connolly late last year.
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resolve → tell → Connolly
By the time Zaiter had walked out of the chamber, his staff had removed the words “Lord Mayor” from his name on Facebook.
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staff → walk → Facebook
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