Roads, rates, rubbish, and war? How foreign conflict could influence NSW’s local council elections

Two opposing activist groups, Better Council and We Vote for Palestine, are vying to sway voters on an international issue

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Council elections are typically hyperlocal in Australia. But this year something unusual is going on.

In New South Wales, third-party groups separate to the main political parties are out in force, campaigning about a war on the other side of the world.

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