The Minister for Local Government has announced:

 

“We have made it very clear in relation to proposing council elections that if a council is a merger proposal then those council elections are scheduled for March of next year; and we have told other councils that it is business as usual and to prepare for an election in September this year …”

As it is proposed to merge Willoughby with North Sydney and possibly Mosman as well, our next election will be i March 2017.