Palerang Council

Originally known as the Eastern Capital City Regional Council, Palerang was proclaimed on 11 February 2004 when Tallaganda Shire was amalgamated with most of Yarrowlumla Shire and small parts of Cooma-Monaro Shire, Gunning Shire and Mulwaree Shire.

Towns and localities

The area is named after Mount Palerang, located close to the geographical centre, and one of the highest points in the Council's area. The area covered under administration extends to Lake George in the north, the Tallaganda State Forest in the south, Queanbeyan to the west and the Morton and Budawang National Parks to the east. The Kings Highway and the Sydney-Canberra railway pass through the Palerang Council area.

Predominantly rural in nature, the Palerang Council area comprises the towns of Bungendore, Braidwood and Captains Flat, and the villages of Araluen, Majors Creek, Mongarlowe and Nerriga. It also encompasses the rural residential areas of Wamboin, Bywong, Burra, Urila, Hoskinstown, Rossi and parts of Carwoola, Royalla, and Sutton.

Around two thirds of the Palerang population is concentrated in Bungendore and the rural residential areas adjacent to the Australian Capital Territory border, with many residents commuting daily to Canberra or Queanbeyan. Cattle grazing is the primary agricultural pursuit in the area, with more recent development of niche rural industries such as vineyards, olive groves and alpaca breeding. About one quarter of the Palerang Council area is managed for conservation, with significant areas of national park.^{[citation needed]}

Council

Current composition and election method

Palerang Council is composed of nine Councillors elected proportionally as one entire ward. All Councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor is elected by the Councillors at the first meeting of the Council. The most recent election was held on 8 September 2012, and the makeup of the Council is as follows:^[4]

Party		Councillors
	Independents and Unaligned	8
	Country Labor	1
	Total	9

The current Council, elected in 2012, in order of election, is:^[4]

	Party	Notes
Pete Harrison	Independent	Mayor^[5]
Mark Schweikert	Independent
Belinda Hogarth-Boyd	Unaligned	Deputy Mayor
Garth Morrison	Country Labor
Keith France	Independent
Trevor Hicks	Independent
Paul Cockram	Independent
Peter Marshall	Unaligned	Member of The Greens
Richard Graham	Independent

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 November 2011). "National Regional Profile 2006–2010 (Palerang Pt A)". Retrieved 2012-09-25.
↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (1 November 2011). "National Regional Profile 2006–2010 (Palerang Pt B)". Retrieved 25 September 2012.
↑ "Palerang Council". Department of Local Government. Retrieved 12 November 2006.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Palerang Council: Summary of First Preference Votes for each Candidate". Local Government Elections 2012. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
↑ Mosley, Lisa (26 September 2012). "New Palerang mayor to target roads". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 7 October 2012.

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Local government areas	Goulburn-Mulwaree Upper Lachlan Palerang Queanbeyan Yass Valley Boorowa

Cities	Goulburn Queanbeyan

Main towns	Boorowa Braidwood Bungendore Crookwell Gunning Marulan Murrumbateman Yass

Villages and small towns	Araluen Bannaby Bigga Binalong Binda Bookham Bowning Breadalbane Bungonia Burra Burrinjuck Bywong Captains Flat Carwoola Collector Crestwood Cullerin Dalton Environa Frogmore Googong Greenleigh Gundaroo Hoskinstown Laggan Lake Bathurst Majors Creek Mongarlowe Nerriga Reids Flat Royalla Rugby Rye Park Sutton Tallong Tarago Taralga The Ridgeway Tirrannaville Towrang Tralee Tuena Wamboin Wee Jasper Windellama Woolgarlo

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