Blacktown. Top council staff resign

Two of Blacktown City Council’s staff, director, Bob Macklinshaw and Liz Jeremy, have resigned, and the manager of communications, events and industrial liaisons, Leighton Farrell, has been moved to work at Blacktown Olympic Park promoting events. Mayor, Alan Pendleton, said the vacant positions had not been advertised and that the general manager, Ron Moore, had considered reshaping management roles.