City of Griffith

City of Griffith New South Wales
Location in New South Wales
Population:	25,703(2009)[1]
Area:	1640.05 km² (633.2 sq mi) [2]
Mayor:	Mike Neville
Council Seat:	Griffith (Benerembah Street)[3]
Region:	Riverina
State District:	Murrumbidgee
Federal Division:	Riverina
Website: http://www.griffith.nsw.gov.au
LGAs around City of Griffith: Carrathool Carrathool Narrandera Carrathool City of Griffith Leeton Murrumbidgee Murrumbidgee Leeton

The City of Griffith is a Local Government Area in south-western New South Wales, Australia. It is in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and on Kidman Way.

In addition to Griffith, it includes the towns and villages of Willbriggie, Hanwood, Beelbangera, Bilbul, Yoogali, Widgelli, Yenda, Lake Wyangan, Tharbogang and Warburn and the suburbs of Collina, North Griffith, Murrumbidgee Estate, Mayfair and Pioneer.

Griffith City Council has twelve members who stand for election every four years.

In September 2006, Councillor Dino Zappacosta was elected mayor by the majority of the councillors.^{[citation needed]} Councillor Zappacosta is the only person to have been elected mayor of Griffith after having previously been disqualified from sitting on the council.^{[citation needed]} In May 1999 the Department of Local Government's Pecuniary Interests Tribunal ordered that Councillor Zappacosta be disqualified from holding civic office for two months for having breached his pecuniary interest obligations.^{[citation needed]}

Council

Griffith City Council is composed of eleven councillors elected proportionally, in addition to the mayor, who is directly elected.^[4] The current makeup of the council, including the mayor is as follows:^[4]

Party		Councillors
	Independents and Unaffiliated	12
	Total	12

The current council, elected in 2008, is:^[4]

Councillor		Party	Notes
	Mike Neville	Independent	Mayor
	Bill Lancaster	Independent	Elected on Mike Neville's ticket
	Dominic Testoni	Unaffiliated	Deputy Mayor
	Pat Cox	Independent
	Doug Curran	Independent	Elected on Dominic Testoni's ticket
	Peter Fussell	Independent
	Christine Stead	Independent
	Peter Taylor	Independent
	Allan Bennett	Unaffiliated
	Anne Napoli	Independent
	Dino Zappacosta	Independent
	Simon Croce	Unaffiliated

Sister cities

Griffith has sister city relations with the following cities^[5]:

• Harbin, China
• Treviso, Italy

References

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (30 March 2010). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2008–09". http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/3218.0Main%20Features42008-09?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=3218.0&issue=2008-09&num=&view=. Retrieved 3 June 2010. 
2. ^ "Griffith Regional Profile". Riverina Regional Development Board. http://www.rrdb.com.au/rivprofile/griffith.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-28. 
3. ^ "Griffith City Council". Department of Local Government. http://www.dlg.nsw.gov.au/dlg/dlghome/dlg_CouncilContactDetails.asp?slacode=3450. Retrieved 2006-11-09. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} "Griffith City Council". 2008 Election results. Electoral Commission NSW. http://www.lg.elections.nsw.gov.au/LGE2008/result.Griffith.html. Retrieved 2009-06-17. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ Sister Cities

Coordinates: 34°17′24″S 146°2′24″E / 34.29°S 146.04°E / -34.29; 146.04