Local candidates revealed

This is a voting card marked with an x in the second box with a pencil. The focus is on the pencil tip.

Nominations for the upcoming local government elections closed on Tuesday this week and the candidates are in. Mount Alexander Shire has 18 candidates standing in our October elections. 
In two wards current councillors will be returning unopposed, while in the Castlemaine Ward 11 candidates have thrown their hat in the ring for one of three positions. See today’s Mail for the full story. Out Now.

Lisa Dennis
Editor of the Castlemaine Mail newspaper and senior journalist on our sister paper the Midland Express. Over the last 24 years Lisa been proudly reporting news in the Mount Alexander and Macedon Ranges communities.