Council

Mayoral Upset - – Messy changeover at Bass Coast

Nov 21 2023 Updated November 21, 2023

Sentinel-Times

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The new Bass Coast Mayor Cr Clare Le Serve attended the Phillip Island Festival of Stories at the weekend, in one of her first official duties, where she chatted with Sarah Hardy of the Penguin Foundation which was launching a new children’s book ‘The Littlest Penguins’.

BOTH local councils, South Gippsland and Bass Coast, will have new mayors by Wednesday this week as local government enters what out-going Bass Coast Mayor, Cr Michael Whelan, described as the “silly season” ahead of the October 2024 council elections.

Elected to replace him last week was veteran Western Port Ward representative Cr Clare Le Serve, who has previously served as mayor in 2012.

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