Lisa Scaffidi, (born 12 February 1960) is the first female lord mayor of Perth, Western Australia. Scaffidi won the seat in the October 2007 council elections following the retirement of her predecessor, Peter Nattrass, after a record twelve years in the position.
Lisa-M. Scaffidi Council is committed to our role in maintaining and developing each of its many faces so that it continues to be a city of which we can all be proud. Our vision is "that as the Capital of Western Australia, the City of Perth be widely acclaimed as a City of regional and international significance." The City's Strategic Plan provides detailed strategies and goals, which will facilitate the realisation of our vision and objectives.
The Council aims to be an approachable and progressive Council, encouraging feedback from our electors/stakeholders on any matter of interest or concern. Our Councillor's contact details are provided for your convenience.
Scaffidi was educated at Churchlands Primary School and Methodist Ladies' College after which she graduated as a dental therapist from the WA Institute of Technology (now Curtin University). She served as an air hostess with TAA in 1980, worked in the hospitality industry in a marketing capacity and, in the 1990s, helped to promote export of semi-precious stones. She was the WA state director of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) for over ten years.
She served two terms as a councillor before successfully contesting the lord-mayoralty.
In October 2015, the Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia found that Mrs Scaffidi had "signally failed in her duties" as Lord Mayor by accepting and failing to declare a $31,000 travel package to the 2008 Beijing Olympics from BHP, and other gifts from private companies that have dealings with the City of Perth. The Commission's report found that Mrs Scaffidi had committed acts of "serious misconduct."
Perth
Perth, is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth-most populous city in Australia, with an estimated population of 2.02 million (as of 30 June 2014) living in Greater Perth. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with the majority of the metropolitan area of Perth located on the Swan Coastal Plain, a narrow strip between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp, a low coastal escarpment. The first areas settled were on the Swan River, with the city's central business district and port (Fremantle) both located on its shores. The Perth Metropolitan Region includes 30 local government areas, which themselves consist of a large number of suburbs, extending from Two Rocks in the north to Rockingham in the south, and east inland to The Lakes.
Perth was originally founded by Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. It gained city status (currently vested in the smaller City of Perth) in 1856, and was promoted to the status of a Lord Mayorality in 1929. The city is named after Perth, Scotland, due to the influence of Sir George Murray, Member of Parliament for Perthshire and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. The city's population increased substantially as a result of the Western Australian gold rushes in the late 19th century, largely as a result of emigration from the eastern colonies of Australia. During Australia's involvement in World War II, Fremantle served as a base for submarines operating in the Pacific Theatre, and a US Navy Catalina flying boat fleet was based at Matilda Bay. An influx of immigrants after the war, predominantly from Britain, Greece, Italy and Yugoslavia, led to rapid population growth. This was followed by a surge in economic activity flowing from several mining booms in the late 20th and early 21st centuries that saw Perth become the regional headquarters for a number of large mining operations located around the state.
As part of Perth's role as the capital of Western Australia, the state's Parliament and Supreme Court are located within the city, as is Government House, the residence of the Governor of Western Australia. Perth became known worldwide as the "City of Light" when city residents lit their house lights and streetlights as American astronaut John Glenn passed overhead while orbiting the earth on Friendship 7 in 1962. The city repeated the act as Glenn passed overhead on the Space Shuttle in 1998. Perth came 8th in the Economist Intelligence Unit's August 2015 list of the world's most liveable cities, and was classified by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network in 2010 as a world city.
Martin Haese is the Lord Mayor of the City of Adelaide in South Australia and he took over from Stephen Yarwood in 2014. Haese was the founder of the Youthworks fashion chain and general manager of the Rundle Mall Management Authority from 2010 to 2013.
Martin is a proud South Australian. As a city resident, business owner and educator, Martin is committed to serving the City of Adelaide’s residential, commercial and visitor communities.
At 27 years of age, Martin opened his first retail store in the City of Adelaide and over the next 12 years grew that business into a successful national enterprise with 220 employees. Martin went on to study an MBA and later became the General Manager of the Rundle Mall Management Authority.
Martin co-founded the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation in SA and has served on a number of boards including the South Australian Youth Arts Board, the Adelaide Convention Bureau, the Property Council’s Mainstreets Committee and Chairman the Bay to Birdwood. Martin was also the national Chair of the Council of Capital City Lord Mayors in 2015.
Martin has also worked as a lecturer for MBA students where he has taught entrepreneurship in Adelaide and interstate. He has travelled widely and done business internationally.
Martin believes that technology will provide many of the solutions for today’s problems and opportunities. As Lord Mayor, Martin is focused on enhancing Adelaide’s reputation as a smart innovative city and being a ‘city where good things happen first’.
Martin’s immediate goal is for the City of Adelaide to become an even greater place to live, learn, work, play, visit and invest. The ultimate goal is to become the world’s most livable city.
Contact Details
Phone: 8203 7252
Email: Lordmayor@adelaidecitycouncil.com
City of Adelaide
The City of Adelaide is a local government area in the metropolitan area of Adelaide, South Australia. It covers the original Adelaide city centre settlement, (also known as the city, the square mile and (inaccurately) the CBD), North Adelaide, and the Adelaide Park Lands which surround North Adelaide and the city centre.
Established in 1840, the organisation now known as the Adelaide City Council (ACC) is the oldest municipal authority in Australia. At its time of establishment, Adelaide's (and Australia's) first mayor, James Hurtle Fisher, was elected. From 1919 onwards, the municipality has had a Lord Mayor, the current being Martin Haese who replaced Stephen Yarwood in 2014.
Tom Tate is an Australian politician and the current Mayor of the City of Gold Coast, first elected on 28 April 2012 and re-elected on 19 March 2016.
As Mayor, he is charged with representing the City and is directly elected by residents. Presiding over all council meetings; he is the only councillor to not represent a specific Gold Coast Council Division; and is the foremost representative of the City of Gold Coast and its policies.
The City maintains a budget of $1.2 billion annually (is the second highest of municipal governments in Australia), is the second largest local government area in Australia, and maintains a staff of over 3,500.
The mayor's office is primarily located in the Southport Town Hall building in Southport, Queensland.
Tate was elected after former Mayor, Cr. Ron Clarke, resigned on 27 February 2012, after announcing his nomination as an independent candidate for the seat of Broadwater in the 2012 Queensland state election, with Mr Clarke achieving a primary vote of only around 6%.
Tate was born in Vientiane, the capital Laos in 1959. He speaks three languages: English, Thai and Laotian.
He attended school at Scots College in Sydney where he was a drummer in the school's pipe band.
A civil engineer by trade, Tate graduated from the University of NSW in the early 1980s. He started his career in the construction industry and later moved into the tourism and hospitality industry.
Tom has been married to his wife, Ruth, for 36 years and together they have four children.
Cr Tate worked across the world before joining his father, Warwick Tate's development company at the age of 35.
In 1992, Tate Sr bought the Islander Resort Hotel in Surfers Paradise, where Tate performed a refit of the building.
In 1993, he took over management of the Islander and turned it into one of the city’s most successful resorts. Notably, during the late 1990s Asian economic downturn, he offered hotel rooms for $1.
Warwick Tate, who was also a civil engineer by profession, died on 19 January 2015 after a long illness. His funeral service was held at the Scots College Chapel.
An independent, Tate had two tilts at the mayoralty before his success in 2012, including as an endorsed Liberal candidate in 2008.
His reelection saw a massive increase in his primary vote from 37% in 2012 to 64% in 2016. He is noted for refusing to accept political donations, self-funding his campaigns.
In June 2015, he sold the Islander Hotel Resort in Surfers Paradise to Brisbane nightclub identity Louis Bickle, to avoid suggestions he has a conflict of interest.
City of Gold Coast
City of Gold Coast is the local government area spanning the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia and surrounding areas. Based on resident population in the 2011 census, it is the second largest local government area in Australia (City of Brisbane being the largest). Its council maintains a staff of over 2,500. It was established in 1948, but has existed in its present form since 2008.
Hazel Stephenson was first elected councillor for Benwell and Scotswood on October 14 1999.
Following the election of a Labour administration to Newcastle City Council in May 2011, she was made Cabinet Member for Chief Executive and Corporate Services.
Hazel was responsible for community services; community buildings; ward structures; communications and marketing; consultation; human resources; health and safety; learning and development; Freedom of Information and information governance; legal services; exchequer services; ICT and assets.
In 2014/15 her role changed when she was made Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods.
She then became responsible for libraries, leisure, culture and green spaces. She also oversaw the delivery of decent neighbourhoods; protecting the natural environment; wildlife protection; street cleaning; graffiti removal; neighbourhood response teams; waste collection; recycling; garden waste collection; environmental awareness; local highway schemes; horticultural services; community buildings; ward structures; civic enterprise; cemeteries and crematoria; asset transfers and digital services.
In 2015/16 she stood down as cabinet member to become Sheriff. She was invested as Lord Mayor of Newcastle in May 2016 - the 800th anniversary of the mayoralty of Newcastle.
Hazel, a former careers and personal adviser, has also fulfilled a wide variety of other roles on and off the council. She is a member of Constitutional Committee and Planning Committee - but it is her work representing the people of Benwell and Scotswood which makes her most proud.
As co-chair of Benwell and Scotswood Joint Working Group, she has worked tirelessly over the years with residents and developers to see new homes built in Scotswood. She is a popular friendly face in her ward. She believes passionately in community and the idea of everyone working together for the common good. The theme of her mayoral year is "working together" with residents, community groups and churches of all faiths for the benefit of the area.
She has also represented the council on outside bodies such as Gateshead Newcastle Partnership and Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority as did her father, former Lord Mayor, Cllr Terry Cooney.
Throughout her mayoral year she is supporting Charlie Bear for Cancer Care; the Firefighters' Charity; the Dog's Trust and Arthritis in Children Fund based at the Great North Children's Hospital at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary.
Hazel is married to Trevor and the couple have two grown up children and two dogs.
The Lord Mayor's Office can be contacted by phone on 0191 211 5050 or email lord.mayor@newcastle.gov.uk
Newcastle
The Newcastle,metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas. It is the hub of the Greater Newcastle area which includes most parts of the local government areas of City of Newcastle, City of Lake Macquarie, City of Cessnock, City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council.
Located 162 kilometres (101 mi) north-northeast of Sydney, at the mouth of the Hunter River, it is the predominant city within the Hunter Region. Famous for its coal, Newcastle is the largest coal exporting harbour in the world, exporting 154.45 million tonnes of coal in 2013–14. Beyond the city, the Hunter Region possesses large coal deposits. Geologically, the area is located in the central-eastern part of the Sydney basin.
