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A meet-the-candidates night at the Cabarita Sports Club will be held on Monday 13 August at 7pm, not on Saturday, as wrongly stated in our report yesterday.

The event is being organised by the Cabarita Beach-Bogangar Residents Association.

Current Tweed mayor Barry Longland and Crs Katie Milne and Dot Holdom will be joined by new faces hoping to be elected to Tweed council and represent their communities, including independents Eddie Roberts and Gary Bagnall, and Labor’s Michael Armstrong.

For information on the event, call Suzi on 0417 349 274.

Nominations for the local-government election close at noon on Wednesday 8 August.

To find out if you are on the electoral roll, or to update your details, visit the NSW Electoral Commission web site or telephone 1300 135 736.

 

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