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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

NSW Liberal party denied extension after missing council elections deadline in ‘monumental stuff-up’

Don Harwin speaks to the media
Don Harwin has written to the NSW electoral commission after his party failed to lodge the necessary paperwork to nominate all of its candidates for September’s local government elections. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

The New South Wales Liberal party has demanded a week-long extension to lodge nominations for more than 130 council candidates after the party missed the deadline in a “monumental stuff-up”.

But acting NSW electoral commissioner Matthew Phillips considered the grounds for the request and on Saturday rejected an extension.

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