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Rats in the Ranks

Ambition, courage, envy, betrayal, disaster, triumph ... in other words a classic study of politics.
Year : 1996 | Total Duration : 93.5 Minutes | Producer : Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson
Director : Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson |
Council chambers at Leichhardt Town hall. Councillor Kate Butler (ex Deputy Mayor of Sydneys Leichardt Council) at council meeting. Councillor Nick Origlass (now deceased) at council meeting. Councillor, Nick Origlass (now deceased) addressing a council meeting. Councillor, Nick Origlass (now deceased) addressing a council meeting.
Councillor, Sue Stock, at Leichhardt council meeting. Larry Hand, former Lord Mayor of Sydney's Leichhardt Council at a meeting with various councillors. Larry Hand, former Lord Mayor of Sydneys Leichhardt Council holding a glass of beer. Larry Hand, former Lord Mayor of Sydney's Leichhardt Council with filmmakers Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson. Larry Hand, former Lord Mayor of Sydney's Leichhardt Council.
Larry Hand, former Lord Mayor of Sydney's Leichhardt Council. Larry Hand, former Lord Mayor of Sydney's Leichhardt Council. Larry Hand, former Lord Mayor of Sydney's Leichhardt Council. Larry Hand, former Lord Mayor of Sydney's Leichhardt Council. L-R: Councillors Kath Hacking, Sue Stock and Bob Heffernan at Leichhardt council meeting.
L-R: Councillors Kath Hacking, Sue Stock and Bob Heffernan at Leichhardt council meeting. L-R: Councillors Kath Hacking, Trevor Snape and Sue Stock at Leichhardt council meeting. Writers/Producers and Directors Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson on the set for Rats in the Ranks. Writers/Producers and Directors Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson, on the set for Rats in the Ranks. Writers/Producers and Directors, Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson, on the set for Rats in the Ranks.
Aeroplane flying low over Leichhardt Town Hall. Traffic in front of Town Hall. CU of Town Hall sign on front of building.
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Access No. 130626 | 23 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior Leichhardt Town Hall, empty council chambers. Titles on screen. Three CU shots of sections of board displaying names and dates of past Mayors. Two shots of council chambers with on screen text explaining up coming Mayoral election for 1994.
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Access No. 130627 | 30 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU Mayors desk with name displayed Cr Larry Hand. Shots of empty council chambers. Voice over of Cr Larry Hand, Mayor of Leichhardt, having telephone conversation with press reporter Òoff the recordÓ regarding split in the ranks of Labor councillors over Mayoral candidate for upcoming election.
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Access No. 130628 | 34 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS Cr Larry Hand at his desk continues phone conversation with reporter regarding upcoming election and Labor Party divisions. CU sign Aldermen's Room. MS interior Aldermen's Room as Australian Labor Party (ALP) Caucus meeting is in progress. Cr Evan Jones, Cr Trevor Snape, Cr Neil Macindoe and Cr Kate Butler (Deputy Mayor) sit around desk and discuss election and nomination of Labor candidate. Arguments ensue Butler and Snape walk out.
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Access No. 130629 | 4 mins 40 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Cr Kate Butler discusses caucus meeting with Cr Larry Hand, Mayor, in doorway of council room. Butler turns to camera and says she Òis not colludingÓ with Hand. Both laugh and walk out. CU B&W photos of previous Mayors. VS Leichhardt Councillors wait around for Council meeting to start. Cr Evan Jones complains to camera about Cr Kate Butler's lack of respect for Labor Party procedures. Councillors in room. Shot of doors to Council Chambers. Australian Labor Party (ALP)
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Access No. 130630 | 1 min 36 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Leichhardt Council, interior Council Chambers meeting in progress. Cr Christine O'Brien speaking about Council's Environment Strategy. Cut away other councillors in meeting, including Cr Larry Hand, Mayor in Mayor's chair. Voice over from Hand regarding Labor Party split and his own chances in election. Cut away councillors and council staff in meeting. Council business discussed.
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Access No. 130631 | 1 min 31 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Montage of Cr Larry Hand, Mayor of Leichhardt Council, at Citizenship Ceremony handing out certificates of citizenship, at local football match shaking hands with players, at ceremony for handing over of new State Emergency Service vehicle and in meeting with Asian group. Ext local street and with terrace houses and city and harbour in background. Ext other local scenes in Leichhardt Municipality. Shots of terrace houses and Sydney Harbour Bridge and ferry.
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Access No. 130632 | 53 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior public council meeting. Cr Sue Stock (Community Independents) reads proposal regarding Glebe Markets. Shots of crowded public council meeting with councillors voting on proposal and motion being carried. Applause from gathered members of the public in chambers. Int council room Cr Larry Hand welcomes students from school in Beijing, China , visiting Leichhardt and discussing their sister school relationship with Leichhardt High School. All pose for group photo.
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Access No. 130633 | 33 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior VS council meeting. An argument between Cr Kate Butler and Cr Neil Macindoe over council business. Voice over from Cr Larry Hand's phone conversation with journalist. Cr Evan Jones complains in council meeting about Mayor, Cr Larry Hand. Hand adjourns meeting because of arguments. More voice over from Hand to journalist about Labor Party members of council. CU Hand in his office on phone to journalist.
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Access No. 130665 | 3 mins 32 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Ext LA shot of Leichhardt Town Hall with traffic and plane flying low overhead. Int Cr Larry Hand Mayor Leichhardt sits at his office desk and reads aloud a story in the Sydney Morning Herald about the split in the Australian Labor Party councillors over Mayoral election. Hand looks to camera, smiles and says Òthat's good stuffÓ. He then goes on to boast how he had leaked the story to the press. ALP
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Access No. 130667 | 57 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior night Norton Street, Leichhardt. Shot of Bar Italia cafe. Cr s Evan Jones and Neil Macindoe wait at footpath table of Bar Italia for other Labor councillors. Crs Trevor Snape and Kate Butler walk down street to meet others outside cafe. Butler speaks to camera about Macindoe's desperation to become Mayor. Councillors wait for Anthony Albanese from Labor Party Head Office to discuss split over candidates for Mayoral election. Meeting not filmed due to Albanese's unwillingness to be filmed. Australian Labor Party (ALP)
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Access No. 130669 | 1 min 22 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Int office of Cr Larry Hand, Mayor Leichhardt. Cr Kate Butler, Cr Trevor Snape and Cr Larry Hand discuss Australian Labor party (ALP) split and tactics for derailing Labor unity on candidates. Snape and Butler suggest Hand should not run and that that would allow Butler to be elected. Hand says nothing.
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Access No. 130672 | 1 min 41 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior Council dining room. Cr Kath Hacking, Cr Larry Hand and Cr Evan Jones wait for council meeting to commence and discuss Hacking's haircut. Ext Day, CU Leichhardt Town Hall clock tower and facade. Interior Day, Hand's office. Cr Hacking and Hand discuss upcoming election. Both say they intend to run for Mayor. Cr Hacking leaves office.
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Access No. 130673 | 3 mins 4 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Int Cr Larry Hand's Mayoral office. Hand speaks to camera regarding Cr Hacking as having Òstabbed me in the backÓ and the Òabsolute act of treacheryÓ of her decision to run against him in election. Hand sits at his desk and continues to discuss Hacking as a Òdirty rotten traitorÓ. Cr Hand writes up on paper who might get votes in election. Works over the numbers. Continues to discuss Cr Hacking in unfavourable terms.
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Access No. 130675 | 2 mins 48 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior Council Chambers as Cr Larry Hand, Mayor of Leichhardt, conducts Citizenship Ceremony. New citizens take pledge. CU Hand signs Citizenship papers. Hand on phone in his office speaks about Cr Kath Hacking's bid for Mayor and the implications for his campaign.
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Access No. 130677 | 59 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior Day Norton Street, Leichhardt. MS Bar Italia awning. MS Cr Harry Sidaway (Liberal Party member of Leichhardt Council) sits at courtyard table of Bar Italia with Cr Larry Hand and discusses upcoming election and councillors possible voting intentions. Sidaway says he is a ÒfloaterÓ and won't commit himself yet.
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Access No. 130678 | 1 min 21 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior Day. Local street as large semitrailer drives past. Group of people on far footpath. CU Cr Larry Hand amongst group as woman explains to him and other Councillors that changes to roads in the area have created increased heavy traffic on this street. Other local residents have there say.
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Access No. 130679 | 30 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS night: Leichhardt Town Hall with aeroplane overhead. Int Council Chambers with public meeting being held. Cr Larry Hand conducts vote on issue, motion carried, residents from previous street meeting in attendance and seem happy with outcome. CU of other Councillors, Cr Harry Sidaway, Cr Sue Stock and Cr Bob Heffernan. Voice over of phone conversation between Hand and Heffernan regarding upcoming election.
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Access No. 130680 | 54 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Int Council Chambers, public meeting, elderly man stands and talks about traffic on road. Voice over of Cr Larry Hand's phone conversation with Cr Nick Origlass over a previous council vote on a particular rezoning. VS of public council meeting.
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Access No. 130681 | 28 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior day disused industrial site with group of Councillors and public on site to discuss redevelopment proposal. Cr Larry Hand says council wants to know what public thinks. Voice over of phone conversation between Hand and Cr Nick Origlass about voting intentions in election. MS Hand in office continues conversation then talks to camera about Cr Kath Hacking and ÒunethicalÓ behaviour including his opinion of Crs Neil Macindoe and Evan Jones of the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
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Access No. 130682 | 2 mins 5 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior day, VS Glebe Bicentennial Park, some with people playing with dogs, walking. CU of plaque in park. Cr Larry Hand and other councillors at launch of Bicentennial Park stage two. Interior day Hand's office Cr Kate Butler says to Hand he should stand down and give her his support for Mayor. They discuss a meeting they had last year on this issue. Hand leaves, Butler looks bemused.
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Access No. 130683 | 2 mins 4 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior Council Chambers CU Mayoral Board displaying Cr Larry Hand's name and the dates he has been Mayor, 1991 - 1994. Shots of council chambers. Voice over of Hand's phone conversation to unknown person regarding election.
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Access No. 130684 | 44 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior day, Riverview Hotel, Balmain. Interior pub Crs Larry Hand, Christine O'Brien and Sue Stock, all from Hand's Community Independents Group, sit at table drinking beer and discuss tactics for election. Comment on Labor Party councillors as ÒstupidÓ if they vote for Cr Macindoe. Shot of people in hotel / pub drinking and talking at the bar.
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Access No. 130685 | 1 min 10 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior day park, Leichhardt. Cr Larry Hand attends memorial ceremony, could be Anzac Day. Old man sings song. Exterior day HA shot of swimming pools at Leichhardt Park Aquatic Centre. On screen text Ò4 days to mayoral electionÓ VS people in pool. MS Crs Trevor Snape and Kate Butler from the Labor Party sit at table at Aquatic Centre and discuss election. Butler says she is having second thoughts about supporting Cr Larry Hand for re-election as Mayor.
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Access No. 130686 | 1 min 29 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior day Leichhardt Park Aquatic Centre. People swim in pool. Cr Larry Hand makes speech at microphone launching Local Government Day. Crs Kate Butler, Neil Macindoe and Trevor Snape go off to small room at Aquatic Centre for meeting to discuss election and candidates from Labor Party perspective. Dispute between Macindoe and Butler over who has support with voting public and possible outcomes. They appear to come to some agreement about drawing the name of Labor candidate from a hat at next Caucus meeting.
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Access No. 130687 | 5 mins 51 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior day Leichhardt Park Aquatic Centre. Hawaiian band play ÒSophisticated HulaÓ and people in fancy dress dance at Local Government Day celebrations. Crs Kate Butler and Trevor Snape walk from meeting with Cr Neil Macindoe where Labor Party candidature was discussed. Cr Larry Hand with partner, Fiona. Cr Hand asks them what they discussed. Neither Butler or Snape tells him.
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Access No. 130688 | 1 min 5 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior day Leichhardt Park Aquatic Centre. Leichhardt Municipal Band plays music (brass band/ Marching/ Polka style). Cr Kate Butler and Cr Trevor Snape discuss their decisions on candidates. MS Cr Neil Macindoe swims in pool.
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Access No. 130689 | 51 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior council room. Australian Labor Party (ALP) Caucus meeting Crs Kate Butler, Neil Macindoe, Trevor Snape and Evan Jones discuss who will be Mayoral candidate and decide to draw name from a hat. Only Macindoe and Butler's names are put into hat. Macindoe is drawn out. Discussion then focuses on candidate for Deputy Mayor. After some argument they decide either Cr Nick Origlass or Cr Kath Hacking should be nominated. Meeting ends with talk of the Labor Party's united front.
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Access No. 130690 | 4 mins 53 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Ext night Front of Cr Kate Butler's house and front fence. Text on screen ÒKate Butler's house.....that eveningÓ. Int lounge room of Butler's house. Crs Christine O'Brien, Kate Butler, Trevor Snape and Larry Hand and his partner, Fiona and others talk and Butler tells them about the Labor Party nominations being drawn from the hat. Everyone seems unhappy Cr Neil Macindoe is candidate. Snape complains he has to vote against his will, tells Hand he should step down in favour of Butler. Hand denies he has reneged on earlier deal with Butler. Uncomfortable silence. Hand suggests to Fiona that they might leave because of tensions. Fiona says that would be rude and they should eat first.
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Access No. 130691 | 2 mins 43 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior dining room of Cr Kate Butler's house. Butler, Cr Larry Hand, Cr Trevor Snape and Cr Christine O'Brien sit around dinner table discussing and joking about how to get rid of Cr Neil Macindoe as candidate. Hand attempts to undermine Macindoe's nomination by suggesting to Snape that the public will not appreciate the fact that he was drawn from a hat. Snape says he will be ÒwrestlingÓ with his conscience over the next few days.
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Access No. 130692 | 2 mins 27 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior day WS Leichhardt Town Hall. Int Cr Larry Hand's office. A woman speaks to Hand about her opposition to the proposed opening of a halfway house for women leaving prison in the Glebe local area. Int Hand's office. Hand is on phone to Cr Kath Hacking regarding the next day's Mayoral election. He suggests that if she does not vote for him there will be ÒfalloutÓ for her from the community. After phone conversation Hand speaks to camera about conversation with Hacking and implications for Mayoral election.
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Access No. 130693 | 6 mins 50 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior Cr Larry Hand's office. Hand speaks to Cr Harry Sidaway on phone regarding upcoming elections and position of Deputy Mayor. Hand and Sidaway arrange to meet. Hand walks out of Town Hall to meeting with Sidaway. Fade out / Fade in to Hand returning from meeting and gives thumbs down to camera and says Òbad newsÓ.
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Access No. 132777 | 1 min 17 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior office of Cr Larry Hand. Hand speaks to camera regarding what looks like his diminishing chances of re-election as mayor. He believes he is Òreally behind the eight-ballÓ.
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Access No. 132778 | 45 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior office of Cr Larry Hand. Hand sits at desk and worries about upcoming elections. Hand makes a call to a Labor party official and discusses the possibility of manipulating the vote by organising for Labor party members to not show up for voting on the night. Discusses whether they would be expelled from the party for these type of actions.
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Access No. 132779 | 3 mins 4 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior Leichhardt Town Hall clock tower and facade. Interior Cr Larry Hand's office. Cr Kate Butler talks to Hand regarding her desire not to vote for her Labor Party colleague Cr Neil Macindoe.
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Access No. 132780 | 1 min 18 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Sydney Harbour at dawn, Darling Street wharf, East Balmain in foreground with silhouette of one person standing, Sydney Harbour Bridge in background. Terrace houses with glimpse of harbour in background. WS Leichhardt Town Hall.
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Access No. 132781 | 14 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior Leichhardt Town Hall. Cleaner polishes tables in hall, woman inspects Mayoral robes. Interior Cr Larry Hands office. Hand at his desk cleaning out draws in case he is not re-elected. CU exterior Town Hall clock. Hand at his desk speaks about election and Labor Party dissent and his own history of expulsions from the Labor Party.
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Access No. 132782 | 3 mins 7 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior Cr Larry Hand's office. Hand on phone to Cr Nick Origlass regarding election. Hand speaks to camera about possible election outcomes.
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Access No. 132783 | 1 min 26 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Exterior night WS Leichhardt Town Hall. VS Cr Neil Macindoe and Cr Evan Jones arrive at Town Hall for Labor Party caucus meeting prior to Mayoral Election. No other Labor members show up for meeting.
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Access No. 132784 | 58 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior Cr Larry Hands office. Cr Larry Hand and Cr Kate Butler hide from Cr Neil Macindoe and Cr Evan Jones. Butler makes phone call to her husband saying if Macindoe calls for her can he say he does not not where she is as she and Cr Trevor Snape Òare jumpingÓ and are avoiding the caucus meeting.
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Access No. 132785 | 53 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior Cr Larry Hand's office. Cr Kate Butler and Hand discuss her decision to not vote with the Labor Party. Int Labor Caucus room Cr Evan Jones and Cr Neil Macindoe discuss Cr Larry Hand.
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Access No. 132786 | 1 min 33 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior Cr Larry Hand's office. Hand dresses for Mayoral election meeting. Cr Trevor Snape is present and they discuss election. Interior Labor Caucus room Cr Evan Jones and Cr Neil Macindoe discuss election and nomination of Cr Kath Hacking as deputy mayor. Evans leaves to speak to her.
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Access No. 132787 | 1 min 11 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Cr Sue Stock arrives at Town Hall and enters Cr Larry Hands office where Hand, Cr Christine O'Brien, Cr Kate Butler and Cr Helen Stiles are present. In another room Cr Evan Jones finds Cr Kath Hacking and Cr Nick Origlass. Evans asks Hacking if she will accept nomination as deputy mayor. She says yes. Interior Labor party caucus room, Cr Neil Macindoe sits by him self.
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Access No. 132788 | 55 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior Town Hall as crowd gathers for mayoral election. Interior Cr Larry Hand's office where Crs Helen Stiles, Kate Butler, Christine O'Brien, Sue Stock, and Larry Hand discuss election nominations and tactics. Cr Stock wants to run as deputy mayor. Butler says she wouldn't support Hand for Mayor if Stock is going to be Deputy Mayor. They come to an agreement on voting.
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Access No. 132789 | 4 mins 14 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior Town Hall as crowd gather for Mayoral election. Meredith Burgmann, President of NSW Parliament Upper House in crowd. Cr Evan Jones and Cr Bob Heffernan have discussion where Heffernan tells Jones that Cr Kate Butler was with Cr Larry Hand earlier that day.
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Access No. 132790 | 37 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W Still photographs of previous Councillors of Leichhardt. Int. Crs Kath Hacking, Neil Macindoe, Nick Origlass, Evan Jones, Christine O'Brien, Larry Hand and Harry Sidaway sit and stand around a long table talking while waiting to go to Mayoral election. Crowd gather in main Hall for election. Cr Kate Butler , Cr Sue Stock and Cr Helen Stiles arrive in main hall.
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Access No. 132791 | 1 min 11 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Cr Neil Macindoe joins Cr Bob Heffernan, Cr Harry Sidaway and Cr Kath Hacking in in room to wait for Mayoral meeting. Macindoe appears nervous and concerned about election. He leaves room and goes to main hall.
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Access No. 132792 | 42 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Councillors start to take their seats for Mayoral election in main hall. Cr Larry Hand declares meeting open and thanks people for their attendance. Election is conducted by the General Manager of Leichhardt Council. Hand joins other councillors at tables. Mayoral nominations are read out. Voting commences with a show of hands for each nominee.
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Access No. 132793 | 3 mins 36 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior Leichhardt Town Hall. Election for Mayor of Leichhardt. Cr Kath Hacking is excluded with lowest number of votes in first round. Cr Neil Macindoe is eliminated in next round which leaves Cr Larry Hand as elected Mayor. Crs Kate Butler and Trevor Snape voted against Macindoe who is their Labor party colleague. Applause and cheers from the gathered crowd.
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Access No. 132794 | 1 min 16 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior Leichhardt Town Hall. After being re-elected as Mayor Cr Larry Hand walks toward Mayoral chair and dons Mayoral Robes and Chain. Cr Neil Macindoe looks on with disappointment. Hand sits in Mayor's chair and begins to conduct election for Deputy Mayor.
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Access No. 132795 | 38 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior Leichhardt Town Hall. Nominations for deputy Mayor are Cr Kath Hacking and Cr Kate Butler are read out. Murmurs of ÒratsÓ can be heard as this takes place. Vote takes place and Butler is elected as Deputy Mayor.
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Access No. 132796 | 46 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior Leichhardt Town Hall. Cr Larry Hand declares Cr Kate Butler as Deputy Mayor and asks if any councillor wishes to speak. Butler stands and speaks says she is sure council can put all the political electioneering behind them and get on with good running of the Council. She goes on to deny that she is a ÒratÓ to the Labor Party. Election meeting concludes and people leave the room. Exterior night WS Leichhardt Town Hall.
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Access No. 132797 | 2 mins 8 secs | 1990s | Leichhardt, NSW , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
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