[10] The investigation concluded on 18 July, and Hoenig announced he intended to defer Liverpool's election and suspend the council because of "widespread and serious concerns about dysfunction".

[21] In 2014, then-Liberal premier Mike Baird introduced a law for that gave businesses that own, lease, or occupy rateable land in the City of Sydney two votes each.

[25][26] Following Labor's victory at the 2023 state election, independent MP Alex Greenwich wrote to the new local government minister, Ron Hoenig, requesting that the business vote was removed.

[27] On 13 September 2023 Hoenig formally announced that the business vote would be removed, starting at the 2024 election.

[28] Eligible people will still be able to apply to be on the non-residential roll, however only one person would now be entitled to be enrolled on behalf of non-residents − the same as all other LGAs.

[50][51] The error was described by Liberal leader Mark Speakman as "probably the worst act of mismanagement" in the party's history.

[54] Shields said party president Don Harwin volunteered to run the nomination process so he could maintain his focus on the next federal election.

[60][61] In Cumberland, Our Local Community (OLC) pledged to ban Welcome to Country and smoking ceremonies if elected to a majority.

A group called "Better Council" targeted Greens candidates in the LGAs of Inner West, Randwick, Waverley and Woollahra over the party's "[focus] on radicalism".

[70] Another group, called "We Vote For Palestine", asked candidates to sign their pledge, which included supporting a ceasefire and divesting from Israel.

[71][72] A number of Labor and Liberal campaign signs in Inner West Council were vandalised with "Boycott Israel" and "This Candidate Votes For Genocide" stickers.

[81] Labor also suffered swings against them in Fairfield, where the Carbone-Le Alliance was returned to a majority with increased support.

[88][89] This was a record result for the party, which has previously won two seats at the 2012 local elections (under their former "Liberal Democrats" name).