The Wagga Wagga City Council was formed from the amalgamation of City of Wagga Wagga with Mitchell and Kyeamba Shires in 1981. 22 December 2009, Wagga Wagga City Council announced that Phil Pinyon would be appointed as the General Manager

General manager

General manager is a descriptive term for certain executives in a business operation. It is also a formal title held by some business executives, most commonly in the hospitality industry.-Generic usage:...

 (GM) of the Wagga Wagga City Council after Lyn Russell, who joined the council in March 2008, left the position of GM after being appointed as Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

 at Cairns Regional Council in November 2009.

It includes the suburbs of Ashmont

Ashmont, New South Wales

Ashmont, known originally as "J.J. Salmon's Estate" is a south-western suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is named after the Salmon family's original homestead that was located where the suburb now stands...

, Bomen

Bomen, New South Wales

Bomen is a northern suburb of Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is dominated by industrial enterprises including Cargill Beef, Watties, the Wagga Wagga Livestock Marketing Centre...

, Bourkelands

Bourkelands, New South Wales

Bourkelands is a rapidly-developing southern suburb of Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales, Australia which is named after a property which was located within the suburb. The suburb consists predominantly of real estate display homes and housing for military staff at the nearby RAAF Base Wagga...

, Boorooma

Boorooma, New South Wales

Boorooma is a suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, located in the city's north, beyond the floodplains of the Murrumbidgee River. The locality is a southern neighbour of Charles Sturt University - which in fact is referred to as 'Boorooma Campus' and is located directly to the east of...

, Cartwrights Hill

Cartwrights Hill, New South Wales

Cartwrights Hill is a north-eastern suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. It is located immediately to the west of the industrial suburb of Bomen, which has, due to Bomen's shift towards heavier industries, led to the suburb's development being halted...

, East Wagga Wagga

East Wagga Wagga, New South Wales

East Wagga Wagga is a suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. East Wagga Wagga is mostly an industrial area located approximately east south-east of the central business district on the Sturt Highway...

, Estella

Estella, New South Wales

Estella is a northern suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is relatively new with development commencing in the 1980s, however growth has been slow and land is still being subdivided....

, Forest Hill

Forest Hill, New South Wales

Forest Hill is a suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Forest Hill is located approximately 10 km east of the central business district on the Sturt Highway. RAAF Base Wagga, Wagga Wagga Airport and the Bureau of Meteorology Regional Office are located at Forest Hill.Newer streets in Forest Hill...

, Glenfield Park

Glenfield Park, New South Wales

Glenfield Park, or simply 'Glenfield' is a rapidly growing southern suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia reaching its final stages of development. Glenfield Park's strong residential development is due to its situation so close to the outskirts of the city and availability of...

, Gumly Gumly

Gumly Gumly, New South Wales

Gumly Gumly is a suburb of the city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia and is located approximately 8 km east of the CBD on the Sturt Highway....

, Kapooka

Kapooka, New South Wales

Kapooka is a suburb in the south west of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.The suburb of Kapooka is home to the Department of Defence's Blamey Barracks from where the Army Recruit Training Centre conducts its operations....

, Kooringal

Kooringal, New South Wales

Kooringal is a suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. Kooringal is thought to mean "Side of a Hill" in the Wiradjuri aboriginal language. Kooringal is located approximately 4 km from the CBD along Lake Albert Road. Kooringal is the basis for growth in the eastern section of Wagga...

, Lake Albert

Lake Albert, New South Wales

Lake Albert is a suburb of the city of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, on the shores of Lake Albert from which it is named. The suburb has three schools; Lake Albert Primary School, Mater Dei Primary School and Mater Dei Catholic College...

, Lloyd

Lloyd, New South Wales

Lloyd is Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia's newest suburb. It is located to the south-west of the city, to the west of Jubilee Park and Holbrook Road, and to the south of Red Hill Road. Development of the suburb commenced in the late 1990s and to date there are only residential dwellings...

, Mount Austin

Mount Austin, New South Wales

Mount Austin is an inner southern suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. Its boundaries are Fernleigh Road and Leavenworth Drive to the north and south respectively, whilst Glenfield Road and Willans Hill form the western and eastern extents....

, North Wagga Wagga, San Isidore, Tatton

Tatton, New South Wales

Tatton is an outer south-eastern suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. Located to the south of Kooringal, and to the West of Lake Albert, Tatton is one of Wagga Wagga's more expensive new suburbs. Subdivision of what was an area dominated by small rural holdings, commenced in the 1990s...

, Tolland

Tolland, New South Wales

Tolland is a suburb located in the city of Wagga Wagga in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is home to Mount Austin High School and Tolland Shopping Centre which has a Franklins supermarket and an Eagle Boys pizza outlet. It is also home to the Tolland Football Club...

, Turvey Park

Turvey Park, New South Wales

Turvey Park is an inner southern suburb of Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales, Australia. Its boundaries are defined by Fernleigh Road to the south, Glenfield Road to the west, Coleman Street to the north and to the east by Willans Hill...

, and Wagga Wagga

Wagga Wagga, New South Wales

Wagga Wagga is a city in New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, and with an urban population of 46,735 people, Wagga Wagga is the state's largest inland city, as well as an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia...

 as well as the towns of Tarcutta

Tarcutta, New South Wales

Tarcutta is a small town located 438 km south-west of Sydney, three kilometres east of the Hume Highway, in New South Wales, Australia. It was proclaimed as a village on 28 October 1890...

, Ladysmith

Ladysmith, New South Wales

Ladysmith is a village approximately 19 km east of Wagga Wagga in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Ladysmith had a population of 205 people....

, Mangoplah

Mangoplah, New South Wales

Mangoplah is a town approximately south of Wagga Wagga in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2006 census, Mangoplah had a population of 689 people. Its name is believed to mean "Kooris singing" in the Wiradjuri aboriginal language....

, Uranquinty and Collingullie

Collingullie, New South Wales

Collingullie is a village north-west of Wagga Wagga in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The village is located on the Sturt Highway, between Wagga Wagga and Narrandera, at the crossroads with the road to Lockhart....

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Politics

Wagga Wagga City Council

	Party	2008-2012
	Independent	9
	Australian Business Party	1
	The Greens Australian Greens The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is an Australian green political party.The party was formed in 1992; however, its origins can be traced to the early environmental movement in Australia and the formation of the United Tasmania Group , the first Green party in the world, which...	1
	Total	11

The current (2008–2012) Wagga Wagga City Council comprises 11 councillors, including the Mayor and Deputy Mayor

Councillor		Party	Notes
	Donna Argus	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
	Alan Brown	Independent
	Yvonne Braid	Independent
	Wayne Geale	Independent
	Ray Goodlass	Greens Australian Greens The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is an Australian green political party.The party was formed in 1992; however, its origins can be traced to the early environmental movement in Australia and the formation of the United Tasmania Group , the first Green party in the world, which...	Deputy Mayor Deputy Mayor Deputy mayor is an elective or appointive office of the second-ranking official in many local governments. Many elected deputy mayors are members of the city council who are given the title and serve as acting mayor in the mayor's absence...
	Garry Hiscock	Australian Business Party	Joined Australian Business Party in 2009
	Rod Kendall	Independent
	Kerry Pascoe	Independent	Mayor Mayor In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
	Clint Uden	Independent
	Lindsay Vidler	Independent
	Kevin Wales	Independent