September 25, 2026 — 5:00am

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Liverpool City Council’s deputy mayor is calling for the mayor and another councillor to be suspended in a last-ditch attempt to save the “toxic” local authority from being placed into administration.

Long-time independent councillor Peter Harle, who has served as deputy mayor since October, was due to be re-elected as deputy by his colleagues at an extraordinary council meeting on Monday, but the meeting descended into such chaos with allegations of political backstabbing that he and Labor councillors stormed…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU