September 28, 2026 — 11:51pm

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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.

Cameron Maclean became lord mayor by a single vote on Monday after a testy and teary meeting that followed a day of 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…

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